On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 8:48 AM, Brian Mathis <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:41 PM, John BORIS <[email protected]> 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 enable > > 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. > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > John Boris > > > > What do you mean by "giant chore"? Almost all wireless > implementations I can think of popup and ask for the password, and > that's it. There's nothing else to configure. If you are running > into trouble giving the password out to everyone, you can write it on > the whiteboard and erase it when you're done with the class. Anyone > who knows what wireless is will already know how to connect and enter > a password, and those who don't won't be missing it anyway. > > You didn't say what kind of AP you're using. If I am not mistaken, I believe you're looking for something like a "capture/splash page" for authentication (something like what T-Mobile used to have @ Borders until a few dats ago). High end (i.e. expensive) solutions (Cisco) provide a minimal capability for such. A [long] while ago there used to be a set of solutions implemented in the FOSS firmware updates (openwrt, dd-wrt ... can't recall which one) of lower end APs. Google for nocatnet/nocatsplash ... HTH ***Stefan Mititelu http://twitter.com/netfortius http://www.linkedin.com/in/netfortius
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