Posted by Kelvin on 03 Apr 2011 | Tagged as: Ubuntu
Here are some changes I made to make EasyHotSpot more usable.. If you are interested in any of these changes, just drop me a mail and I'll email them to you. 1. Allow voucher generation to accept usernames instead of just numberofvouchers 2. Integration of SquidGuard for blocking ads, trackers, etc In the future, I […]
Posted by Kelvin on 03 Apr 2011 | Tagged as: Ubuntu
First of all, I'll say this – if its at all possible to install the Ubuntu distro of EasyHotSpot (available from the EasyHotSpot download page), do so! I couldn't because I couldn't get Ubuntu 10.04 installed on my antique laptop which I was going to use as the internet gateway. Only Ubuntu 10.10 worked. I […]
Posted by Kelvin on 03 Apr 2011 | Tagged as: Ubuntu
EasyHotSpot is an open-source hotspot solution built in PHP/MySQL on the CodeIgniter framework. It integrates with Chillispot and FreeRadius to provide a captive portal solution. Per-user bandwidth quotas are provided by way of "vouchers". A voucher is something you generate according to a "plan", e.g. 10MB voucher which expires 30 days from first-use. You can […]
Posted by Kelvin on 03 Apr 2011 | Tagged as: Ubuntu
In a previous post, I talked about my quest for a captive portal which supports per-user download quotas (and also explain what the heck a captive portal is). Here's a list of features which I was looking for in the Captive Portal: Free! Web-based administration Users need to login before having access to the internet […]
Posted by Kelvin on 03 Apr 2011 | Tagged as: Ubuntu
There are a number of free hotspot/captive portal solutions available on Linux, but believe it or not, not a single one of them offers daily per-user upload/download quotas. I ended up going with a customized EasyHotSpot solution which is based off the defunct Chillispot, FreeRadius and MySQL. Its way more involved than I initially thought. […]