Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:20:58 +0200 From: Odd-Jarle Kristoffersen <gamuso@gmail.com> To: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Wi-Fi hotspot simple authentication Message-ID: <78AB86ED-28D8-4609-8A30-FB5060532DE5@gmail.com>
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Hello, Not sure which FreeBSD mailing-list this was most suited for, so I am trying here first. Been a FreeBSD-user for some years now, and mainly used it for firewall and web-hosting applications. I seem to recall stumbling across some information once upon a time about how to set up a simple WiFi access point that required a username and/or password web-based logon to access the Internet... What I want to accomplish is having a FreeBSD box wither with a built- in WiFi AP card, or with two ethernet interfaces where one is connected to a WiFi AP box. The other ethernet connected to a DSL- line. The WiFi should not have any WEP/WPA or any type of encryption. It should be completely open. Now for the tricky part. I want everyone who connects to this hotspot / AP to get a welcome webpage no matter which website they try to access at first. On this webpage they can just click a button to verify they read the disclaimer and gain full Internet access for the rest of their session. This system is intended for a non-profit guest harbor application that just wants to provide some basic information about the premises and the available local services, and provide any boat guests with free Internet during their stay. Is something like this at all possible using some spare computer parts and FreeBSD? Any exisiting boot-cd or similar systems out there already that you know of? Thanks Odd-Jarle
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