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Hotspot like login

  • 30-06-2005 10:39am
    #1
    Stky10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭


    I'm trying to set it up so that if someone connects to my wireless router
    they're presented with a webpage telling them about the service and an
    option to give a username/password.

    Do I need special hardware to do this, or can any wireless router/access point
    do it with the right configuration??


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  • #2
    ForcaBarca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭ForcaBarca


    Hey,

    your talking about "captive portal". There is a website out there that does it, I'll have a look and get back to you. Access point wise there is the Zyxel 4100 but its pricey circa 700euro. Do a google on hotspot controllers. Do you own the premises? I could help set it up if you were interested.

    Regards

    Paul


  • #3
    ForcaBarca
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭ForcaBarca


    Hey again,
    I found this on http://www.wi-fiplanet.com

    See this post http://forums.wi-fiplanet.com/showthread.php?t=4813

    Hope it helps

    Paul


  • #4
    Rew
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,679 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rew


    ForcaBarca wrote:
    Hey again,
    I found this on http://www.wi-fiplanet.com

    See this post http://forums.wi-fiplanet.com/showthread.php?t=4813

    Thats an incredibly insecure way to do it TBH. Google for NoCat Auth and Stockholmopen.Net

    They require a bit of setup but both will do the job.


  • #5
    SouperComputer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭SouperComputer


    ZoneCD

    http://www.publicip.net/zonecd/download.php


  • #6
    Stky10
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,165 ✭✭✭Stky10


    ForcaBarca wrote:
    Do you own the premises? I could help set it up if you were interested.

    Sorry, been away for a couple of days. Thanks for the suggestions.
    Security isn't a huge imperative but its probably rules out the captive
    portal. The fact thats its a commericial venture rules out the ZoneCD.
    I'll have a search for stockholmopen.net later when I get a chance.

    Its not a thing where we own a premises or not. It was based on
    another one of the bosses "great ideas" as to how we can improve
    what we do without thinking through the consequences or difficulties
    involved, so if it was to be used it would be used on our customers
    premises rather than our own.

    Thanks again....


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  • #7
    Rew
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 8,679 Mod ✭✭✭✭Rew


    Wouldn't be hard to build your own system. Apahce, MySQL, PHP and IPTables and your laughing.


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