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Re: [OT] Public open access WLAN



Hiya,
Had a look at nocat? - its a linux thing and have heard +ve reviews
(although I haven't tried it myself)
www.nocat.net - I think the idea being that you plug an access point
into the nocat box to which it controls what goes where... (hopefully
along the lines of what you are asking.)

Wayne.

Patrick Lidstone wrote:

>Hi chaps,
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>A local cafe I frequent has asked for advice on installing WLAN access
>that is completely free for their customers/passers by. Their
>broadband supplier is OK with this, so I'm after a cheap-and-cheerful
>turnkey access point which ideally also has a built in firewall to
>prevent spammers etc abusing the service. I also guess some kind of
>clever routing is required to prevent two PCs connected to the AP from
>being able to see each other? Suddenly what seemed like a simple idea
>is starting to look expensive / complex... Any suggestions?
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>Patrick
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