[TriLUG] Hotel style wireless

[Shane O'Donnell]

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On 5/4/05, Steve Hoffman <srhoffman at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Right now, my company has two wireless access points (a WAP11 and a
> WRT54G), one at each end of the buildling. We're currently doing MAC
> filtering only, since the only ones who use the wireless are company
> guests. Every time one shows up they have to come to me to give me
> their MAC so I can punch it in to both AP's and if I'm not here then
> they have to plug into the wall (gasp). So I was recently on a trip
> and the hotel I stayed at had free wireless. In order to use it, I
> connected to the AP, surfed to ANY webpage and was taken to their
> "login" page that asked for my room number and the code printed on my
> key. As soon as I did that I was able to surf the internet with no
> problems for the duration of my stay.
> 
> I'd like to set something similar up, perhaps only slightly less
> sophisticated, but when someone comes here they can only get to the
> login webpage until they provide valid credentials and then are able
> to surf the net freely. My problem is I don't know where to start
> looking. The network is about 75% linux so I'd prefer a linux based
> solution, but if there's a better way to do it on <the OS that shall
> remain nameless> then please pass it along also.
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions,
> 
> Steve
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