I don't feel the need for overwhelming security in this case. I plan to place the wifi network outside of the firewall, and then when users need to access internally, they'll use their vpn software.
I am ok with one shared guest password, just enough to prevent unintelligent moochers from hogging the bandwidth. We can stick a sign on the wall inside the company, saying "Wireless guest password: icecream" > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Keyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 11:47 AM > To: Eddy Harvey > Cc: 'Back Bay LISA' > Subject: Re: [BBLISA] Wifi guest access > > > > On Fri, 30 Jun 2006, Eddy Harvey wrote: > > > Does anybody know of any wifi guest-access solutions, like ... When > > you are a guest in somebody's office, and you connect to their wifi > > network, you have to enter a password into a webpage before you are > > allowed to reach the internet. > > > > I'm not interested in wep, or wpa, or any of those other encryption > > standards (they're not very standard, and have poor > compatibility from > > one pc to the next.) > > > > I am interested in guest access. I want the wifi network to be > > unsecured unencrypted wifi network, but the router won't > allow traffic > > to go anywhere until they enter a password into a webpage. > > Do you mean one password that gives access for anyone, or > individual accounts? How secure does it have to be? > _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
