From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 14 07:40:08 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: net@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE2181065674 for ; Thu, 14 May 2009 07:40:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stefan.lambrev@moneybookers.com) Received: from blah.sun-fish.com (blah.sun-fish.com [217.18.249.150]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C3258FC12 for ; Thu, 14 May 2009 07:40:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stefan.lambrev@moneybookers.com) Received: by blah.sun-fish.com (Postfix, from userid 1002) id D925B1B12BFD; Thu, 14 May 2009 09:40:06 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on malcho.cmotd.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.6 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00, HTML_MESSAGE autolearn=ham version=3.2.5 Received: from postal.dev.moneybookers.net (postal.dev.moneybookers.net [192.168.3.200]) by blah.sun-fish.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20ECF1B12BD9; Thu, 14 May 2009 09:40:02 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by postal.dev.moneybookers.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9AE43936A35; Thu, 14 May 2009 09:38:48 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at moneybookers.com Received: from postal.dev.moneybookers.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (postal.dev.moneybookers.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id tJf12mEr8OuL; Thu, 14 May 2009 09:38:46 +0200 (CEST) Received: from hater.cmotd.com (hater.cmotd.com [192.168.3.125]) by postal.dev.moneybookers.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D60A936A33; Thu, 14 May 2009 09:38:46 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <7B486348-7484-46EC-9B60-5ED64B80D511@moneybookers.com> From: Stefan Lambrev To: Brett Glass In-Reply-To: <200905132230.QAA20732@lariat.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 10:39:59 +0300 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> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.94/9357/Wed May 13 23:05:21 2009 on blah.cmotd.com X-Virus-Status: Clean Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Christian Brueffer , net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: MAC locking and filtering in FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 07:40:09 -0000 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