[MLB-WIRELESS] NoCatAuth

[Dan Flett]

I wholeheartedly agree and support this concept!  We should draw up a
"recommended practice" for doing this though I think.  Mainly because
people like me don't know how to do it. :)

One way I've seen it done is for users that put any address into their
browser to be directed to a page that tells you how to set up a http
proxy for that network.  I don't like this idea particularly.  Any
authentication or redirection scheme we use should require no manual
reconfiguring of the user's system.  And should take into account that
some users on the network will be simultaneously connected to the
Internet and the Melb wireless intranet, whilst others will simply be
connected to the MW net with no Internet connection.

Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au
[mailto:owner-melbwireless at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Richard Van
Orsouw
Sent: Sunday, 14 December 2003 8:39 PM
To: 'melbwireless at wireless.org.au'
Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] NoCatAuth

NoCatAuth is a term that has been doing the rounds of late I would like
to
know how to set this up on my router/*nix box. The reason for it is that
I
am getting a few DHCP request's but no-one is contacting me via the
number I
have left on my web page using the router address in the DHCP lease. So
I
would like to set up what WISP's use to authenticate users .
Hopefully this is something that other mw members could utilise as well.
We
could even have a standard web page, and just the nodeid's and phone
numbers
could be changed. 
What do you reckon guys?

Cheers,

Richard.
NodeGDW|FPY|FSS|CBD
(aka Kahless)

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