Jeff Liebermann wrote:
> On Thu, 8 May 2008 16:25:22 +0100, "Joker7" <sat_ring@hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Yep seen
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal#Software_Captive_Portals>
>> one of my first ports of call.
>>
>> As you say most are Linux or not free for none commercial use,thats
>> why I asked about windows.
>
> Hint: There's a reason that most are Linux based. Users want
> reliability, which means leaving it on forever and not having it
> crash. Also the ability to size the system to do just the one task
> that's needed. Doing that will Linux is easy. Trying to do that with
> Windoze is umm.... not very easy.
>
>> I have Wireless Access Point ,Router ,Internet connection
>
> Numbers please? All such devices are not created equal. Linksys
> WRT54G routers and others can do much of what's needed inside the
> router with alternative firmware (i.e. DD-WRT, OpenWRT).
>
>> What Im looking for is some control software to control who is using
>> it and what for,limit bandwidth maybe some content filtering.
>
> Bandwidth limiting (QoS) is usually a feature of the router.
> <http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Quality_of_Service>
> There are various rule sets that can be applied depending one whether
> you're trying to prioritize on the basis of IP, MAC, source,
> destination, type of service, etc. Lots of solutions for Linux, but I
> can't think of any for W2K. Sorry.
>
> Are you sure you just need bandwidth management and not access
> control? That's the usual problem, where users need some sort of
> authorization to use the hot spot. That's also the most complicated
> part of the hot-spot. It's almost always a RADIUS server, which
> requires installing some SQL database manager.
>

I think I would have two areas of "challenge".

#1 - who was accessing it - if it was just open, then no problem,
but if it was "restricted" to some local clients....
then how to handle the logistics of a splash screen.

#2 - how much broadband bandwidth was avail to share... and how to "share"
it
I guess some form of QoS might be involved here, for newer services,
but in addition to some kind of throttling per user...