Re: [1.8.1] Captive Portal - timeout settings with vouchers not required?

On 01/19/2014 05:10 AM, Niko wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> 1.8.1 running smooth as silk here. Well done to developers and
> contributors.
>
> For those using vouchers with Captive Portal, is there any need to have
> a hard timeout configured?
>
> If I understand it correctly, the voucher system will remove the user
> from the users list at the expiration of the voucher, so theoretically a
> hard timeout will never be reached (unless hard time out is set to less
> than the voucher time limit). However, doing that would override the
> point of the voucher's time limit, so can be ruled out.
>
> Therefore, should the 'hard timeout' be set to blank for voucher
> configurations, or is it best, for example, if the voucher is 60
> minutes, to set a hard timeout (e.g., 90 minutes) as a safety net?

Remember that you can have vouchers and users at the same time.  In 
which case, you may, or may not want a hard timeout.  I personally, 
never user them and prefer idle timeouts.

			Lee