I don't know of any on-router firmware that will do all that, but you
could do it all using a Windows PC (server) at each location with...
www.dnsredirector.com software providing the landing page, no
registration, and parental filter
- this could also be used to direct all traffic to your proxy, but
there is no such thing as transparent proxy - some apps will not work
if you do this, namely VPN, VoIP, or P2P, so I wouldn't suggest it,
your also creating a single point of failure and dependancy on your
hosted proxy for all the hotspots to work :-(
- the machine can "phone home" via a scheduled task with a batch
script
- and DNS Redirector can facilitate a different page during after-
hours.
JP
On Sep 20, 6:03*pm, "jim" <j...@home.net> wrote:
> I need some simple hotspot software with the following capabilities.....
>
> * * - Ability to run on commonly available hardware (like the LinksysWRT54*
> and WRT300* models) *The wider the hardware pool the better.
>
> * * - Ability to program in a landing page in the router's settings. *(To
> say welcome and let them know who is providing the hotspot.)
>
> * * - NO registration whatsoever required for the end users. *(It'sfree.
> Why do I need an email for something that is free?)
>
> * * - Parental filter option that filters by internal (or externally
> available) keyword list *(Ideally the keyword list should auto-update from
> an xml list that could be retrieved from a URL that I can specify in the
> router's settings.)
>
> * * - Ability to send all traffic through a transparent proxy (so that users
> don't even know a proxy is being used) located somewhere on the internet
> that I can specify in the router's settings. *This should be off by default.
> (I just thought this might be a good idea to implement stronger parental
> controls for web content if needed.)
>
> * * - Ability to set 2 to 4 DNS servers in the router's settings. *This
> should be an optional setting.
>
> * * - Router should "phone home" every X seconds or minutes by passing an ID
> unique to the router (or router name that I can specify) to a web service
> that I can specify in the router's settings. *This is so that our other
> locations with dynamic IP addresses can be monitored and we can get the IP
> needed to log in remotely to the router if we need to do so. *OPTIONALLY,
> the router should also retrieve an XML settings file at this time and the
> router should compare the new XML settings file to it's internal settings
> and makes changes if needed to it's internal settings.
>
> * * - The ability to only show a different landing page during certain
> specified hours and block all interenet acces at those times. *(For turning
> off the router's wifi when my daycare is closed - but still be able to show
> a landing screen that basically says, "I'm sorry but we are closed, please
> come back at........")
>
> * * - Of course, the router's administration should be password protected.
>
> This seems pretty simple.
>
> Does anyone know of any open source software that does all of this?
>
> Would anyone here be interested in programming this at a reasonable rate?
>
> Any help is appreciated!
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