Thanks Andre! Have you used this before? On Mar 12, 2012 11:16 AM, "Andre Courchesne" < [email protected]> wrote:
> You may want to look into OpenMesh devices > > www.open-mesh.com > > They already have all the captive portal stuff configured and those > devices run OpenWRT and you have a portal where you can set things like > ssid, portal, paypal accounts,... > > On 2012-03-12, at 11:13 AM, Jimmy wrote: > > Hello fellow luggers... > > I wanted to bring you all into the loop on a pretty exciting project I am > working on. I will be going to Africa to setup an Internet Cafe for a > school. Yes it is volunteer work and yes the budget to accomplish this is > tight, but not 0. :) I put up a blog that I will try and keep updated as I > go thought all of this. (feel free to read it to get the details of the > trip I have posted thus far) > http://vision2know.blogspot.com/ > > My plan is to use a DD-WRT router with Coova to manage the connections and > use a Kiosk style live CD or USB key for the work stations. This way a > simple reboot fixes whatever the users are doing and keeps the system in a > consistent state. I did find this > http://jacob.steelsmith.org/content/ubuntu-kiosk-based-10041 Ubuntu Kiosk > based on 10.04.1 that might do the trick. I am also considering using > http://www.sputnik.com which from what I understand is just a > commercially supported version of Coova. > > So two questions really... > 1- Has anyone used anything mentioned above or have experience with other > Internet Cafe style management systems? > 2- Same for live kiosks. > > I am not interested in using deep freeze with windows for the > workstations. I want it to be a linux solution. The work station systems > are semi-powerful... not to ancient, but not i7 either. They do all have > disk drives, so I can do full installs, but I want to keep the management > of this as simple as possible. > > My next blog post will probably be about the tech side of the work, so > please feel free to reply here or to the blog later tonight when I > eventually get around to it. :) > > All feedback and ideas are welcome! > Thanks! > Jimmy > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > > > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > >
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