wifi hotspot software recommendations

[mit74]

Can anyone recommend any wifi hotspot software that makes connected devices register an email and password? The network has a Win2003 already running so I presume any software can be installed on here and redirected through the router?

*or possibly an online solution

 

[aaronsmith2266]

Did u google u r problem... guess u will find the best solution

 

[Paul_Rosser]

Just to clarify, you want to allow the public to connect to your wifi and have to register before they can use the service ?

And you want this to run on your existing Windows 2k3 server ?

 

[mit74]

yes public to connect to wifi redirecting to login page. The solution doesn't have to use a local server.

@aaron are you aware of the term 'recommendation'? Google doesn't tell you with any amount of accuracy or unbias which is the cheapest most effective solution.

 

[Paul_Rosser]

Personally I would put in a router which offers that feature and keep it well away from the internal network/servers.

Something like this - http://usemynet.com/wi-fi-hotspot-pro

 

[DarrenMcCabe]

Yes indeed I can as I did this recently for beauty salon.

Essentially we set them up a guest Wifi, made it so guests had to agree to a terms and conditions, then were redirected to the beauty salons facebook page.

We used an ASUS http://uk.asus.com/Networks/Wireless_Routers/RTN16/ wifi box

Then used the DD-WRT firmware, essentially puts custom software with very advanced features on the router.

To save you some of the headaches we had

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Asus_RT-N16 <--- installation for the Asus RT-N16 router
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/NoCatSplash <-- There are very many different options for the DD-WRT but this is the one you want for what you want to do.

 

[mit74]

Yes indeed I can as I did this recently for beauty salon.

Essentially we set them up a guest Wifi, made it so guests had to agree to a terms and conditions, then were redirected to the beauty salons facebook page.

We used an ASUS http://uk.asus.com/Networks/Wireless_Routers/RTN16/ wifi box

Then used the DD-WRT firmware, essentially puts custom software with very advanced features on the router.

To save you some of the headaches we had

http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Asus_RT-N16 <--- installation for the Asus RT-N16 router
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/NoCatSplash <-- There are very many different options for the DD-WRT but this is the one you want for what you want to do.

this looks pretty good thanks for that

 

[DarrenMcCabe]

No worries, if you have any issues with it give me a shout and I will help in anyway I can

 

[ccsleedsltd]

If you are a Linux boy, this might be worth a look: http://dev.wifidog.org/wiki/About

Alternatively, Unifi by Ubiquity - includes free management software for the portal too.