On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 8:11 AM, Chris Buechler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 8:38 AM, muhammad panji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Dear All, >> Hi I start searching for option to implement captive portal on my >> campus hotspot and I think pfsense captive portal will make it easier. >> I'm not really familiar with wireless technology. If i'm not false my >> campus bought some Linksys WRT54G Wireless Router. I want to ask : >> - What is the difference between Linksys WRT54G and Linksys WAP54G in >> case of how the basically operate. Up to now what I know is WAP do >> bridging to wired network and WRT do routing. > > You would likely deploy WRTs in bridged anyway since you're using them > as just APs, so for your purposes the two should be functionally > equivalent. Thanks for the answer Chris. Several months ago I help my friend setup his WRT54GL but as I remember this AP have no option on set it up as a bridge. Must I do a firmware upgrade? will it void the warranty?
>> - If I have four Access Point is that mean That I have to have four >> different network which routed to pfsense LAN network? > > No, you can bridge all four to the same network. so the network diagram will look like this? AP(s) --> switch ----> pfsensebox --> (proxy, etc) and DHCP come from pfsensebox > >> - I will use a proxy server too, which one is better to place that >> proxy, before captive portal or after captive portal? > > You'll have to put that after the CP, otherwise you won't be able to > successfully authenticate users. Ok thanks. best regards, -- Panji http://sumodirjo.blogspot.com
