[squid-users] Using Squid in a WiFi hotspot environment

Hi guys,

I'm just doing a bit of research as to how to create a wireless hotspot.
Unfortunately during my Cisco CCNA 802.11 LANs weren't covered that
greatly so am having to do a lot on my own.

Basically my aim is to use say 2 Cisco wireless access points coupled to
a PoE switch and then main router/gateway. I am not sure however if
Cisco routers can do URL redirect as I certainly haven't found anything
like that on my 857W, although it is bottom of the line in Cisco terms.

What I am aiming for is something like my old university where you
connected to the network which was completely insecure no encryption at
all but however you weren't allowed to access any websites unless you
logged in using your uni ID/password.

For this to work I am wondering if one could use Squid as URL redirect
for any URL unless logged in?? Or would I need some other software tied
into Apache with a Perl or PHP page for the login? Using Squid as a
forward proxy then would definitely take some pressure off the NAT from
the router but with between 49k -> 65k port range being open I'm
assuming NAT would only struggle in enterprise environments where a few
hundred users logged on at once.....

Any advice on this matter is highly appreciated!!

Many thanks.

--Kaya
Received on Thu Nov 19 2009 - 15:57:57 MST