La Fonera
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The La Fonera is FON’s own, specially designed WiFi routers. The La Fonera is an Access Point, you just have to plug it to an Ethernet cable to start sharing your Internet connexion wirelessly. It emits two WiFi signals: an encrypted one for your personal use, and another one that lead to a Captive Portal so the other Foneros can connect safely.
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La Fonera's LEDs
- Power: La Fonera is ON
- Internet: La Fonera is properly connected to a modem/router
- WLAN: La Fonera is fully booting & transmitting wireless signals
There is only two status for each LED, ON or OFF. If LEDs are blinking, it does not necessarily mean that there is traffic on your Fonera.
Technical Specifications
- Dimensions: 93.5 mm x 25.5 mm x 70 mm (excluding antenna)
- PowerSupply Input model 2100: 100-240V ~ 50-60 Hz 0.3A. Output: 5V, 2.0A DC output
- PowerSupply Input model 2200: 100-240V ~ 50-60 Hz 0.3A. Output: 7.5V, 1.0A DC output
- PowerConsumption: 4 Watt
- Memory Flash: 8 MB / SDRAM: 16 MB
- AntennaConnector: RP-SMA connector (reverse SMA)
- Antenna: Omni-Directional detachable antenna (2dBi)
- Authentication: WEP 64bit/128 bit, WPA, WPA2, WPA mixed
- Encryption: TKIP, AES, Mixed
- Network Standard Support: IEEE 802.11b / 802.11g (up to 54 Mbps)
- Ports: 1 Ethernet WAN port for Internet
Related Materials
Documentation
Interactive tutorials
Source code: fonera.tar.bz2
Related Pages
- How to install and register
- Management Console
- Public signal (about FON_AP/FON_FREE_INTERNET)
- Private signal (about MyPlace)
- Firewall rules and access to Windows' network shares


