Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:39:59 +0300 From: Stefan Lambrev <stefan.lambrev@moneybookers.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.net> Cc: Christian Brueffer <brueffer@FreeBSD.org>, net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: MAC locking and filtering in FreeBSD Message-ID: <7B486348-7484-46EC-9B60-5ED64B80D511@moneybookers.com> In-Reply-To: <200905132230.QAA20732@lariat.net> References: <200905131648.KAA15455@lariat.net> <5AFBEB69-C59A-4F61-96BE-11E30872A428@moneybookers.com> <200905131903.NAA17981@lariat.net> <20090513213829.GA1248@haakonia.hitnet.RWTH-Aachen.DE> <200905132230.QAA20732@lariat.net>
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Hi Brett, I think what you are looking for is called captive portal. You can look at pfsense - http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Category:Captive_Portal which comes with such solution into it. On May 14, 2009, at 1:29 AM, Brett Glass wrote: > At 03:38 PM 5/13/2009, Christian Brueffer wrote: > >> Sounds like wlan_acl(4) may be of interest to you. > > Unfortunately, wlan_acl(4) is only useful if one wants to ban users > from the network, which these venues will rarely want to do except > to block an abuser. > > Rather, they'll want the equipment to recognize MAC addresses and > grant different degrees of access to them. For example, a user might > be trapped in a "walled garden" until agreeing to an acceptable use > policy, and then redirected -- but only once -- to a specific Web > page, such as the hotel chain's reservation page. > > --Brett Glass > -- Best Wishes, Stefan Lambrev ICQ# 24134177
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