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      canefield
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      Dear all,

      I'm wondering if pfSense Captive Portal can be used for Wireless authentication/verification portal. So if people trying to accomplish an Internet connection they get redirected to the portal and need to authenticate.

      Situation:

      • 1x 100/100 Mbps internet connection at the Office (Gateway);
            - One external IP-address.
      • 50x houses with wireless connection towards the Office;
      • 75x wireless devices using wireless signal towards the Office.

      Q1: lends Captive Portal itselfs to do this? Should I use another program/package?
      Q2: what kind of system requirements should I take into account? CPU, RAM, etc.? This service must retain stable if all connections are being used (fully loaded)?
      Q3: is this authentication process based on MAC-address or U&P? Is it possible to use MAC-addresses?

      Thanks in advance,
      Canefield

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        eri--
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        If you consider using pfSense on this i would strongly suggest you buy some support for any issues that might arise during system life cycle.
        Not sure why you want CP capabilities here apart login?

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          cmb
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          That's a good option, a lot of WISPs do exactly that with CP.

          Hardware sizing info here. http://www.pfsense.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=49

          Auth is MAC address based once authenticated. Auto-added MAC passthrough is common for such setups so they're always-on once authenticated once.

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            dhatz
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            @canefield:

            Q1: lends Captive Portal itselfs to do this? Should I use another program/package?

            CP can be used in such a scenario, however if you expect this to be a permanent setup, you might also want to look into using PPPoE as alternative.

            Check the posts by luke240778 to see the kind of issues that you might encounter.

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