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

Ah yes, that makes sense, completely forgot about that. Thanks.

so far m0n0wall seems to remove expired macs pretty reliably so I think 
a hard timeout safety net isn't required.

Thanks again.


On 20/01/2014 4:08 AM, Lee Sharp wrote:
> 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
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