That's what I'm saying: any Wifi AP is usable out of the box. Just plug it to a power socket, and it'll start broadcasting beacon packets that smartphones can use to geolocate, just like with iBeacon. You don't need to do anything.

Understood. I meant one geared at non-technical people. More of a plug it in and data starts being collected and pushed.

But iBeacon doesn't collect any data. It does exactly the same as an WiFi AP - continually sends beacons to local listeners.

In both cases, it's the client device (smartphone, tablet, etc) that's doing the collecting.

Ah ok, got it. Thanks!