Re: WiFi hotspot BBS?   
     By: zerwind to Cykros on Fri Jan 14 2011 05:38 pm   
      
    >   Re: WiFi hotspot BBS?   
    >   By: Cykros to All on Fri Jan 14 2011 03:55 am   
       
    >  I also came across some info on this at http://wireless.gumph.org   
    >    
    > zerwind   
      
   Good info on the equipment there, I hadn't thought too much on that end.   
   Mostly I'm just a little stumped on how to set up the redirect on the captive   
   portal to aim at a telnet connection rather than an http site.  It may be far   
   more trouble than it is worth...an http page can direct the user (as opposed   
   to their computer) to the telnet site within seconds anyhow.  Other than that,   
   figuring out the iptables setup (or whatever other captive portal software   
   would be in use...iptables just struck me as being readily available freely on   
   pretty much any *nix box).  In theory, it seems that this whole set up could   
   be made using nothing more than 1 computer, which just got me thinking: it   
   could also probably be done using a sufficiently advanced phone.  Most likely   
   a European Maemo phone, but Android could probably be hacked to do it as well.   
    Probably more interesting in theory than in actuality, but the idea of a   
   travelling cell phone BBS is a bit amusing.   
      
   Cykros   
      
      
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