On Sep 17, 2009, at 10:41 PM, John BORIS wrote: > encryption. I want to have it similar to when you go to a Hotel and > open > your 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 this > subject? I can't put a LINUX box there so I am looking for a device > that > would handle it.
The proper term for this Captive Portal: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal > . I've used m0n0wall, and pfSense was derived from that. Many of these can be done on appliance size unit, even linux based ones. However, you're not going to be running encryption on the link - they all basically need an open hotspot to work. WEP & WPA(2) operate on the link level, so anything above that - IP or higher - won't be able to suddenly encrypt a link. Matthew _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
