Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:30:40 -0400 From: "Michael Proto" <mike@jellydonut.org> To: "Odd-Jarle Kristoffersen" <gamuso@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wi-Fi hotspot simple authentication Message-ID: <1de79840809220730q740ff506l70790919d553192a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <78AB86ED-28D8-4609-8A30-FB5060532DE5@gmail.com> References: <78AB86ED-28D8-4609-8A30-FB5060532DE5@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 6:20 AM, Odd-Jarle Kristoffersen <gamuso@gmail.com>wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-embedded@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-embedded > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-embedded-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " > Monowall will also do this, and has a captive portal interface available (pfSense was originally based on Monowall). http://m0n0.ch/wall/ -Proto
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