On Thu, 17 Sep 2009, 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 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.
packetfence ( http://www.packetfence.com ) is opensource software that will do this. while the initial requiements say not to use a linux box, but after you look at the prices and features of the commercial options you may want to revisit this decision. David Lang _______________________________________________ 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/
