On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 12:00 -0800, Russell Senior wrote: > >>>>> "David" == David Gibbons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >> How could this approach be done using open source tools? Are there > >> any open source projects out there that can handle this > >> functionality from the dhcp server? > > David> I believe what PTP uses for their "Agree" page is > David> nocat. http://nocat.net/ looks like they have a nocatauth and a > David> nocatsplash > > I think that the generic term-of-art you are looking for is "captive > portal". If you get one of the Linksys WRT54G you can even flash EWRT > (voiding your warranty) and get nocat installed on the access point! > Another option for the WRT is OpenWRT which lets you do all sorts of > interesting things with the little bugger. >
I have a small d-link AP and would prefer to not have to buy something else any time soon. The ap is allowed to give IPs to a certain range of ips and such. Am thinking that after this happens, that the dhcp server would then prompt the user to login via the web browser. I'll look into these projects that you mentioned. Thanks, Robby -- /*************************************** * Robby Russell | Owner.Developer.Geek * PLANET ARGON | www.planetargon.com * Portland, OR | [EMAIL PROTECTED] * 503.351.4730 | blog.planetargon.com * PHP/PostgreSQL Hosting & Development * --- Now supporting PHP5 --- ****************************************/ _______________________________________________ PDXLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdxlug.org/mailman/listinfo/pdxlug
