Login

Hi,

I went to a cafe and tried to browse using their wireless internet access.
My computer picked up their SSID but when I open my IE, the first page is
their personalized login page. Yeah, I had to pay to get the login &
password.

What I am interested is how to create that login page. Currently at my home
I am managing MAC address of all wireless NIC I have. The issue is when my
buddy comes by and wants to use my wireless interenet, I have to add his
wireless card MAC address to the "trusted-list".

By having that login page, that will help me not to manage MAC addresses. I
can just remember the login/pwd.

Any idea? Please advice, thanks!
-P

One idea is not to even bother with MAC Address Authentication since MAC addresses can be easily
cloned. Use 128-bit WEP (at a minimum) or WPA (best) and simply provide the key to your friend. You
could then change the WEP/WPA key when your friend leaves. That is what I do on my home network, ie.
change the WPA-PSK key once guests leave. Its not a big deal...IMHO...

Otherwise, you might look at this page for a free solution to the hotspot splash page issue...There
may be others...

http://www.publicip.net/

--

Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)

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"Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6A72DD31-CE11-493E-AF56-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I went to a cafe and tried to browse using their wireless internet access.
> My computer picked up their SSID but when I open my IE, the first page is
> their personalized login page. Yeah, I had to pay to get the login &
> password.
>
> What I am interested is how to create that login page. Currently at my home
> I am managing MAC address of all wireless NIC I have. The issue is when my
> buddy comes by and wants to use my wireless interenet, I have to add his
> wireless card MAC address to the "trusted-list".
>
> By having that login page, that will help me not to manage MAC addresses. I
> can just remember the login/pwd.
>
> Any idea? Please advice, thanks!
> -P

Thank you!

-P

"Sooner Al [MVP]" wrote:

> One idea is not to even bother with MAC Address Authentication since MAC addresses can be easily
> cloned. Use 128-bit WEP (at a minimum) or WPA (best) and simply provide the key to your friend. You
> could then change the WEP/WPA key when your friend leaves. That is what I do on my home network, ie.
> change the WPA-PSK key once guests leave. Its not a big deal...IMHO...
>
> Otherwise, you might look at this page for a free solution to the hotspot splash page issue...There
> may be others...
>
> http://www.publicip.net/
>
> --
>
> Al Jarvi (MS-MVP Windows Networking)
>
> Please post *ALL* questions and replies to the news group for the mutual benefit of all of us...
> The MS-MVP Program - http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights...
>
>
> "Paul" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:6A72DD31-CE11-493E-AF56-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I went to a cafe and tried to browse using their wireless internet access.
> > My computer picked up their SSID but when I open my IE, the first page is
> > their personalized login page. Yeah, I had to pay to get the login &
> > password.
> >
> > What I am interested is how to create that login page. Currently at my home
> > I am managing MAC address of all wireless NIC I have. The issue is when my
> > buddy comes by and wants to use my wireless interenet, I have to add his
> > wireless card MAC address to the "trusted-list".
> >
> > By having that login page, that will help me not to manage MAC addresses. I
> > can just remember the login/pwd.
> >
> > Any idea? Please advice, thanks!
> > -P
>
>
>