[isf-wifidog] Fwd: [wsfii-discuss] Question: Hotspot logon standard (aka getting rid of captive portals)

[Benoit Grégoire]

On 30 September 2008, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Michael Lenczner wrote:
> > just thought this was interesting.
>
> I did a WISPr implementation in a captive portal about 5 years ago, and
> will probably need to do small implementation in the near future again.
> WiFiDog can not implement WISPr fully, but it is not hard to implement
> the important bits of it.
>
> You do need to realize that WISPr clients tend to work with a fixed
> database of SSIDs and location and will not try to login on a network
> unless it is listed in their database.

We already have patches in the merge queue for WISPr.  Unfortunately, they mix 
WISPr with a complete rework of the RADIUS support, so they need a lot of 
work to integrate.



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Benoit Grégoire
Technologies Coeus inc.