Web Based Authentication for Wifi connection

[strike101]

We have a small restaurant here in out hometown and I'm planning to switch to a Web based Authentication for our Wifi connection ( for our customers )

Having a Web Portal before being able to access the net... instead on the usual WEP/WPA key

So my question is that is there any simple way to do this ? in Windows ? or etc ?

I know there are expensive routers out there that support these features... and setting up linux as NAT/Access Point could also work.. but i'm a newb at linux

 

[spidey07]

You're looking for a "captive portal". Many of the business class wireless routers offer this functionality. I don't deal in SOHO stuff or I'd recommend something.

 

[gsaldivar]

There are captive portal appliances starting at about $200 that have preinstalled or embedded software to handle this. This would be the "easy" way.

Alternatively, you can build or modify your own router to accomplish the same thing. This would be the "cheap" way.

http://www.chillispot.info/
http://coova.org/
http://worldspot.net/
http://www.sputnik.com/

 

[Cr0nJ0b]

I haven't set this up yet, but I plan to very soon. If you have a DD-WRT capable device you can often get everything you need in one little package. Otherwise, as others have suggested get an off-the-shelf appliance that will do it for you. I'm likely to head the monowall or pfsense way, with a dedicated firewall that supports Captive networks.