[isf-wifidog] User not logged off

[François Proulx]

It will be removed after 15 minutes of complete inactivity on the  
network.


On 4-Feb-2006, at 9:23 , Chris Rowson wrote:

> Hi Benoit,
>
> Thanks for replying
>
> I'm a little confused by what you said though. If wifidog does not end
> a session as long as there is network activity including DHCP
> requests, I don't understand why the session is kept open even when
> the user has left the area and is no longer connected to the network ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Chris
> On 03/02/06, Benoit Grégoire <bock at step.polymtl.ca> wrote:
>> On February 3, 2006 05:33 pm, Chris Rowson wrote:
>>> Greetings Everyone,
>>>
>>> I'm a little concerned as I'm about ready to put my wifidog captive
>>> portal into production and I've hit a bump in the road.
>>>
>>> For some reason wifidog does not always appear to log users off once
>>> they have left the wireless network. This is the case when the a  
>>> user
>>> perhaps forgets to click on the log off button.
>>>
>>> In other cases a user will simply power down the laptop and walk  
>>> away
>>> from the access point which results in wifidog automatically ending
>>> their session.
>>
>> That's what it's supposed to do, wifidog will not end a session as  
>> long as
>> there is network activity, including DHCP requests.
>>
>> If he wants to close his session, he must click log off.  There is  
>> however a
>> problem where PHP may lose the session, so the user won't have a  
>> log off
>> button.  This is why we want to move session handling to the  
>> database.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Benoit Grégoire, http://benoitg.coeus.ca/
>>
>>
>>
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