The PCWorld-5-Stars Wi-Fi Hotspot Management Software Goes Gold for V3

HONG KONG, Dec 8, 2004 -- PatronSoft, the developer of FirstSpot(TM)
Wi-Fi Hotspot Management software, announced today the immediate
availability of the highly anticipated FirstSpot v3 final release.

FirstSpot v3 gives Wi-Fi Hotspot owners unprecedented control over
their Wi-Fi Hotspots. As the most ambitious release ever produced by
PatronSoft, there are numerous enhancements over v2. Before the final
release was ready, beta versions of FirstSpot v3 had already been
purchased and deployed around the world. What's more, FirstSpot was
recently awarded a 5-star rating by PCWorld Magazine, a recognition of
FirstSpot functionalities leadership and flexibility in managing
Hotspots.

As an effort to lower the initial investment for smaller scale
Hotspots, PatronSoft simultaneously announced the new FirstSpot Start
Edition 3.x. Priced at only US$95 per server, FirstSpot Start Edition
provides an excellent "start small" path for many hotspots owners.
Visit http://www.patronsoft.com/firstspot/buy_now.html for details on
different FirstSpot v3 offerings.

Some of the notable v3 new features are:

1) Administration enhancement

* Client pass-through - allows device with certain MAC address to
pass-through without login
* DHCP Excluded IP - FirstSpot DHCP Server has the ability to exclude
certain IP addresses when delivering IP
* RADIUS Authentication Mode - apart from using ODBC to store username
information, FirstSpot now supports Microsoft IAS and Funk RADIUS
server
* Data Transfer tracking and Quota System - tracks data transfer usage
for specific username and suspends its account when the quota is
exceeded.
* Hour-pass/day-pass - supports for hour-pass/day-pass minutes tracking
model (in additional to the v2 access minutes model)
* Operator accounts - FirstSpot administrators can now define operator
accounts with different access levels

2) End users experience improvement

* Client Isolation - prevents client PCs from seeing one another in My
Network Places or Network Neighborhood
* Anonymous mode with shared secret - you can now ask end users to
enter a shared secret before accessing the Internet
* Configurable Instant Keywords - define your own browser keywords for
custom actions
* Credit cards - in additional to PayPal, we now support WorldPay
payment gateway

About PatronSoft

PatronSoft is a fast-growing Wi-Fi hotspot management software company.
FirstSpot, its flagship product, is the only Windows-based wireless
gateway software deployed in more than 35 countries. For further
information on FirstSpot, please visit
http://www.patronsoft.com/firstspot