rockhoppr
July 8th, 2008, 03:59 PM
Hey all.
My company is looking to set up some "pay for" wifi hotspots similar to Starbucks, airports etc. Is anyone here familiar with how computers are restricted/granted access once they've paid? I presume there's some routing that happens based on a systems MAC address but I could use some more detail.
I'm sure the answer is yes but could we deploy small(ish) linux systems to handle this kind of gatekeeping?
Thanks in advance.
My company is looking to set up some "pay for" wifi hotspots similar to Starbucks, airports etc. Is anyone here familiar with how computers are restricted/granted access once they've paid? I presume there's some routing that happens based on a systems MAC address but I could use some more detail.
I'm sure the answer is yes but could we deploy small(ish) linux systems to handle this kind of gatekeeping?
Thanks in advance.