On Wed, 2007-12-12 at 09:24 +0000, Tony Whitmore wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 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.
>
> Our firewall can handle the outgoing traffic restrictions, but the key
> thing is that all the relevant client settings should be dished out via
> DHCP. These aren't systems over which we have any control.
>
> So, has anyone used a wireless access point, linux distro or software to
> provide this sort of service? If so, any recommendations or warnings?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tony
>
>
Hi,
I personally use Copspot it's a Chillispot Plugin for IPCop.
It worked pretty much out of the box.
I've not tried chillispot on its own. See :-
http://www.chillispot.info/index.html for the full scoop.
regards,
Tom.
