Re: [squid-users] Squid as a "Hotspot" ?

On Wed, 2011-04-20 at 05:39 -0700, Daniel Shelton wrote:
> Does anyone know? Can Squid be set up as a wifi "Hotspot"?
>
> For example, with a splash page that users will see before connecting?
>

You can use Squid for a simple splash page:

http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/Portal/Splash

However, as has already been pointed out, you will probably need more
than that. Depending on how you want to do it, there are instructions
below on how to create a captive portal using iptables:

http://andybev.com/index.php/Using_iptables_and_PHP_to_create_a_captive_portal

Regards,

Andy
Received on Wed Apr 20 2011 - 16:32:59 MDT