Re: [Hampshire] Wireless gateway software

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Author: Mat Grove
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Wireless gateway software
Tony Whitmore wrote:

> We're going to trial some "public" wireless access points here at work.
> What I'd like to do is provide a similar service to public hotspots like
> those in coffee shops where any attempt to view a web page is redirected to
> an authentication web page. This should authenticate the sumbitted username
> and password against our LDAP server. Access is then allowed to web pages.


http://www.pfsense.com/ which is based on monowall.

I think the LDAP auth would be handled by squid (running transparently
and provided by pfsense). It has a bunch of features. Anyway, this would
be one of the ones I would try if I was going to do what you are doing.

Mat