Perhaps a simpler method of doing 'smartcards' like you're referring to is to make single-use username/passwords printed on small cards (which can be done within chillispot I believe), which the consultants just pick up from reception, enter in the details, and get a prepaid hour or whatever. This would also save the expense if a consultant happens to wander off with a smartcard... All of this can certainly be done with freeradius, but you might need to look around for a billing solution that'll work in collaboration with chillispot, and making single-use vouchers etc... if at all possible, I'd encourage the use of physical login cards, that can be exchanged for cash... it all gets a bit messy (and expensive) when you throw billing in there too. Especially post-pay. Sorry I can't offer any exact advice on how to do this - I got to the point of putting together a rough proposal, but no further. Hope this helps, Regards, Jan Mulders On 03/10/06, Torkel Mathisen <torkel.mathisen@bbs.no> wrote:

Hi

We have a very simple freeradius setup today. We use freeradius 1.0.5 with PEAP/MS-CHAPv2 and users file.

My boss has asked be about making this configuration a bit more flexible and easier to admin.

He also wants some new "features".

The keywords are hotspot, web-frontend and possibly billing and "smartcards".

Basically what he wants is for external consultant to be able to bring their laptops and just connect to a hotspot webserver and from there on authorize on to the WiFi.

He also wants the possibility of billing.

I want to know what kind of design you guys would recommend here.

I'm thinking freeradius (1.1.3 now) with a mysql db and some web-frontend for adding users (what?). Then Chillipot on a new server for hotspot access.

How does that sound? Will Chillipot be able to authorize users based on PEAP/MS-CHAPv2 ?

How would you be able to do billing with this setup?

And lastly is the situation with "smartcards". My boss was thinking about some cards or something that the consultant can pick up in the reception that will give them access to the WiFi for a certain amount of time. At the end of the day they have to deliver it again. There is also a possibility of doing billing from that.

Will this kind of configuration require some commercial software or is freeradius able to do that?

The last thing is not THAT important, but I want to know if anyone has a setup like this.

I hope someone got some recommentations.

Regards, Torkel

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