Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008 16:04:20 +0200 From: "Marcel Grandemange" <thavinci@thavinci.za.net> To: <svein.h@lvor.halvorsen.cc> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Free wireless network (access point, router, transparent HTTP proxy setup) Message-ID: <00d801c8fa28$d19cd010$74d67030$@za.net> In-Reply-To: <878wv6tiry.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <489D855C.6010903@lvor.halvorsen.cc> <878wv6tiry.fsf@kobe.laptop>
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Sounds To Me Also too much work for little gain... Easist would be to use a product called "Mikrotik" you will have that entire 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 because 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 Keramidas 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 :) _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" __________ NOD32 3329 (20080805) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com
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