Easy Logon AP for Guests

[bernie321]

Hi

We would like to offer customers access to the internet, as we will have little customers coming into the office we would like a low cost solution. We have a dedicated internet connection for them (a backup office ADSL connection) and so it will not be connected to our buiness network. The connection already has a firewall.

We want to purchase a wireless access point, but have a simple maybe web login for the users to access the internet though it (rather than configuring WEP etc). Are there any low cost access points thtat allow for this?

Thanks
B

 

[rmbawell]

Check out m0n0wall, it has a captive portal feature without the need for external web and radius servers. It runs well on old hardware.

 

[bernie321]

Hi

Thanks for your post, and apologies for the delay in replying.

We are looking for a hardware solution (i.e. all in one access point) rather than a software solution.

Thanks
B

 

[rmbawell]

Thats ok, I was hoping to do the same thing. Take a look at the linux loads for some inexpensive A/P's. Some examples are dd-wrt or open-wrt. You will need to invest some time and effort but they appear to be getting close to a single box solution. I have several Cisco A/P's so I just set the Captive Portal device as the gateway to a public internet VLAN. When I found m0n0wall it was just too easy to get the system up and working. I have had it in production for about a month. I use Cisco 1242's which offer some nice IOS features and POE for ease of placement.

Good Luck,

bob