[K12OSN] Brodcasting to Wireless 2.4 connections...

[Angus Carr]

ATM Logic wrote:

>Ok... I guess what I should be asking is this...
>
>If you have a setup such as this...
>
>		Internet
>		   |
>		IP COP+
>		   |
>		K12LTSP
>		   |
>	  24 Port Switch
>		|	|
>    WirelessAP   Classroom
>	  |
>  100' Tower
>
>
>If I have this setup, I would like to have the users "in the community" to
>be able to access the K12LTS 'IF' they paid for a subscription, and got a
>user/pass.  However if they did not, yet could still access the AP they
>cannot take advantage of the wireless network to access the internet... They
>may be able to "connect" however it would be the same as connecting the the
>network at the airport... Totally useless unless you pay for a card.  (Or
>have Ethereal installed  :)
>
>I have been looking at other things such as NoCat, as well as off the shelf
>boxes like NOMADIX however, its always nice to just do one stop shopping  :)
>
>Any more thoughts?  I am not sure how I would set up the 2nd card if I
>hooked up a 2nd nic... How to I "tell" it not to do any more than "allow"
>local connections maybe?
>
>Thanks..
>		   
>
>
>
>Hi there,
>
>You could hook your AP to a second network adaptor on the K12LTSP server.
>It's then only able to get access out from there.
>
>I used to have my network setup like that at home.
>
>Rgds,
>
>Jon 
>
>
>On 3/16/06, ATM Logic <atmlogic at kmts.ca> wrote: 
>
>	Say...  If I hook the "green" to an Access Point, if someone with a
>laptop
>	connects to it, will it let them surf/mail etc?  I am hoping that I
>can turn
>	this OFF, and force them to login to the server to get mail/suft
>etc.  This 
>	way the TS is also like an authentication box as well...
>	
>	I have an Idea to use the K12LTSP in a community of about 200 or so
>PPL that
>	currantly have no internet.  I want to setup a K12LT and then start
>passing 
>	out the wireless cards and CD's or even preconfigured thin clients
>that can
>	somehow hook to the wireless network for booting.
>	
>	Anyone have any thoughts on this?
>	
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What we've done here is to put a monowall (http://m0n0.ch/wall/) box 
(yet another old PC) as a firewall between the AP and the switch. We use 
a captive portal for the wireless subnet. It forces a login before you 
can use the connection. We're authenticating local users, and handing 
out connections as needed. This is very similar to the coffee shop 
approach. If the user then wants into out main network, they have to use 
a VPN over the wireless network. That way, we can provide a wireless 
hotspot to local users, and still maintain our security. We do have a 
"guest" login.

The total cost is just the electricity we pipe into the machine.

Angus Carr.