Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 11:02:07 -0500 From: "Edwin L. Culp" <eculp@casasponti.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Free wireless network (access point, router, transparent HTTP proxy setup) Message-ID: <20080810110207.15442ibe13re104k@pontinet.casasponti.net> In-Reply-To: <00d801c8fa28$d19cd010$74d67030$@za.net> References: <489D855C.6010903@lvor.halvorsen.cc> <878wv6tiry.fsf@kobe.laptop> <00d801c8fa28$d19cd010$74d67030$@za.net>
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Marcel Grandemange <thavinci@thavinci.za.net> escribi=F3: > Sounds To Me Also too much work for little gain... > Easist would be to use a product called "Mikrotik" you will have that enti= re > system up & running in 15mins tops. > http://www.mikrotik.com/download.html > > + Runs on underspec machines perfectly as it's designed for embedded > systems. > > I always found myself using it instead of doing all the work myself becaus= e > of time constraints. > It's linux based, but everything is done through a client. > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Giorgos Keramida= s > Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 3:34 PM > To: Svein Halvor Halvorsen > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Free wireless network (access point, router, transparent HTTP > proxy setup) > > On Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:54:04 +0200, Svein Halvor Halvorsen > <svein.h@lvor.halvorsen.cc> wrote: >> Hello, fellow FreeBSD-ers! >> >> I'd like to a good neighbor and share my DSL line and set up an >> unencrypted free wireless access point. I often find myself wanting >> more free access points around the city, so I thought I'd stand up >> as a good example for others :-) >> >> I want people to know that they can use the network (easy, use ssid >> "free internet"), but I want them to know that they should be nice, >> and it's meant for casual browsing, and that misuse will cause a ban. >> >> So, what I'd like: >> >> 1) Setup a wireless network card in infrastructure mode, I think. >> 2) Setup a DHCP server and DNS forwarder on this interface >> 3) Setup routing from one interface to my other network >> 4) Use a firewall to close down lots of stuff, maybe also limit >> bandwith per mac-address, and a way to deny access to certain NICs. >> 5) Insert a message in all text/html over HTTP, basically saying: >> "Hi, guest! Feel free to use our free internet, but be nice!" And a >> close-button, which I guess needs to send a POST to a http server as >> well, and that I need to record this action in a database, and use >> the same database to dynamically insert the message above or not. > > This sounds like too much work for a doubtful amount of gain. It is > probably a lot easier to use ipfw or pf+altq to rate limit the bandwidth > "others" can use :) Hmmm, is there a way to limit bandwidth on incoming connections with pf+altq= ? Squid, afaik, can only limit incoming web traffic. My major concern =20 would be p2p file sharing. How would you limit that? ed
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