Re: wireless dhcp sign in

On Sat, 2004-12-18 at 13:14 -0800, Andrew Becherer wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 11:32:44 -0800, David Gibbons <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Robby Russell wrote:
> > >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?
> > >
> > >Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > >Robby
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > I believe what PTP uses for their "Agree" page is nocat.
> > http://nocat.net/ looks like they have a nocatauth and a nocatsplash
> 
> I believe nocat is what you want if you were looking to integrate this
> functionality into an already running setup. I you wanted to create a
> captive portal with your current DLink AP and as little fuss as
> possible checkout lessnetworks, http://www.lessnetworks.com/. It will
> require another machine, at least a Pentium 133 w/64MB RAM and 1GB
> hard drive and 2 network cards. lessnetworks is a packaged linux
> captive portal distribution. Like smoothwall is to linux routers.
> 
> 

Thanks, I'll look into nocat.

-Robby


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