Re: WiFi hotspot BBS?   
     By: Cykros to zerwind on Sat Jan 15 2011 01:38 am   
      
    >   Re: WiFi hotspot BBS?   
    >   By: zerwind to Cykros on Fri Jan 14 2011 05:38 pm   
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    >  >   Re: WiFi hotspot BBS?   
    >  >   By: Cykros to All on Fri Jan 14 2011 03:55 am   
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    >  >  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 captiv   
    > portal to aim at a telnet connection rather than an http site.  It may be fa   
    > 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 tha   
    > figuring out the iptables setup (or whatever other captive portal software   
    > would be in use...iptables just struck me as being readily available freely    
    > 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 likel   
    > a European Maemo phone, but Android could probably be hacked to do it as wel   
    >  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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    >    
      
      What I gatherd from what I've read is use a single computer set up like   
   a sandbox with an access point that's firewalled to only allow telnet    
   connections.    
   Name the network "telnet only" to direct   
   people how to connect. Thoses access points that holels use have built in   
   dhcp servers and just set the range in the 192.168.x.x, 172.16.x.x, or   
   10.x.x.x (private IP addresses.) I'm not sure how the network would establish   
   a link without setting up a test station and tinkering and see if I could   
   connect threw telnet without first making a standard directory   
   access level network connection.    
    When I first read about this it was like a year or two and it was a group of   
   people setting up a wow privet server at some dorm room building.   
      
    There are long range modems on ebay at good prices now, Not the newest   
   technology.   
      
   zerwind   
      
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