Richard Davis wrote:
I do not want to try to develop PHP pages. This would give me the
flexibility that I need but my client's project is way too small to
start building web pages and control systems. Hopefully there is a
software package already built that has the features that my client
needs.
I'm looking into packages like:
http://www.patronsoft.com/
http://www.antamedia.com/
and hoped that someone else might share their experience. Boingo is one
way to go but I would like to have a system that was complete and not
dependent on another remote company.
Thanks for the suggestion. I will look into it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Curtis Maurand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 10:36 AM
To: discussion@pfsense.com; discussion@pfsense.com
Subject: RE: [pfSense-discussion] Hotspot accounting software
Its built into some Linksys wireless gateways. Of course you have to
sign up with Boingo.
-----Original Message-----
From: tunge2 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tue 11/7/2006 6:43 AM
To: discussion@pfsense.com
Subject: RE: [pfSense-discussion] Hotspot accounting software
this could be a great feature!!!!!!!!!
-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Garrett Cooper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Verzonden: dinsdag 7 november 2006 0:28
Aan: discussion@pfsense.com
Onderwerp: Re: [pfSense-discussion] Hotspot accounting software
On Nov 6, 2006, at 1:07 PM, Richard Davis wrote:
I have a client that wants to use PFSense as an AP/captive
portal-hotspot radio. His network model is to bring a DSL to the AP
and use the radius/captive portal part of PFSense. Once the user has
been authorized the traffic would be routed to the internet via the
DSL. Any
suggestions for the backoffice software package? The software
must be
able to login existing customers and sign new ones up (credit
cards/PayPal) via web pages. We are designing the network to work
like this so we can add/remove AP's as business demands. The billing
would be centralized at a high bandwidth server farm.
PFSense is the best AP/router system we could find but we need to have
an "all in one billing/radius/credit card/web-captive portal"
package to
complement it. Any suggestions for the backend software package?
Richard Davis
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Director of Product Development
Business Systems Connection Inc.
9357 Watson Industrial Park
St Louis MO 63126
local: 314-918-7526
Toll Free: 877-271-9484
cell: 314-602-1326
Fax: 314-918-7527
www.bizsyscon.com
Not sure how much PHP you know or what PHP devs you have on
hand, but there are documented methods of doing credit card transactions
with PHP on the PHP site <http://php.net>. If you setup the login forms
for captiveportal so the page redirects to the billing page, if the
billing page is ok'ed, add a temporary Radius account according to how
much money the person paid and what your going rate is, and let them
have access to your DSL setup. Otherwise, redirect to a "sorry, you
cannot access network" page, and don't punch a hole through the firewall
for the client.
-Garrett
Hmmm... looks like CCVS was discontinued by Redhat (that was the lib I
was sort of banking on existing that I'd seen in the past I think). The
replacement for CCVS by Redhat is MCVE by Mainstreet Softworks:
<http://us3.php.net/manual/en/ref.mcve.php>. This looks like a pay for
use service.
Verisign has similar services though through its SDK, but you need to be
a Verisign member to use the SDK: (ref:
<http://us3.php.net/manual/he/ref.pfpro.php>).
Another good set of references...
Validating credit cards in PHP:
<http://www.sitepoint.com/article/card-validation-class-php>.
Credit card numbers:
<http://www.darkcoding.net/index.php/credit-card-numbers/>.
Credit card generator:
<http://www.darkcoding.net/projects/credit-card-generator/>.
-Garrett
