On Sep 17, 2009, at 22:41 , John BORIS wrote:
I have a question about wireless access point security. We have a multi-use center that I use for training and presentations. By policy the access point must have the security enabled. It becomes a giant chore when we hold training sessions and people bring in their laptops from their offices. We are trying to find an easier way to enableencryption. I want to have it similar to when you go to a Hotel and openyour browser and the access point (or whatever device is connected to the AP) captures the request and then you enter a code (usually your room number or a code the front desk gave you) and bingo you get an IP and you are setup. Does anyone have a pointer to information on thissubject? I can't put a LINUX box there so I am looking for a device thatwould handle it.
There are alternative firmware distributions for Linksys WRT54-series routers (the ones that run Linux, so either pre-v5 or WRT54L series) some of which have built-in "hotspot" functionality. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wireless_router_firmware_projects for some examples.
-- brandon s. allbery [solaris,freebsd,perl,pugs,haskell] [email protected] system administrator [openafs,heimdal,too many hats] [email protected] electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon university KF8NH
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