[Cialug] Wireless Authentication with Open Source Tools

Tom Pohl tom at tcpconsulting.com
Fri Mar 8 08:01:22 CST 2013


I looked into this a while back and it appears that chillispot is dead and has been succeeded by coova:
http://www.coova.org

Thanks!
-Tom

On Mar 7, 2013, at 7:27 PM, Theron Conrey wrote:

> I had some issues with chillispot (YMMV) it ended up being easier
> separating the functionality required
> 
> I used untangle + dd-wrt.  I set up dd-wrt for a single mesh of WAPs
> passing dhcp / routing back to an untangle box.  It's got a captive
> portal module that's free and works to do what you're looking for.
> 
> -Theron
> 
> On Mar 7, 2013, at 12:16 PM, Sean Flattery <sean.r.flattery at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> dd-wrt has some options built in like chillispot that could work for you.
>> 
>> 
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>> I am interested in creating a wireless authentication system using open
>> source tools for a small, fairly static set of users.  I want them all to
>> have unique passcodes or passwords/phrases or keys for their access that
>> can be revoked.  Does anyone have personal experience with any open source
>> tools for this?  Are there any distros with the tools baked in?
>> 
>> Thank you.
>> 
>> 
>> - Nate
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