[CUWiN-Dev] Re: [CU-Wireless-Support] WISP Authentication

[Quantum Scientific]

Sascha, you rock.  

I know you're busy, so I'll make this quick.  No need to rush an answer. (copying de leest, in case the below is of use)


On Friday 21 January 2005 12:53, Sascha Meinrath wrote:
> Correct -- we're currently looking at ways to build a cheap AP, but, for 
> security reasons, we only allow access to the end-user end of things from 
> the wired connection.

Understandable.  This approach eliminates horizontal polarization though, due to cost.

I suggest the AMD Au1500 ("Alchemy"; MIPS) processor, which drives the MeshCube and (newest) Apple Airport base station.  
http://www.theregister.com/2004/02/24/amd_chip_targets_data_security/

Maybe these mobo's are promising:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5724036154.html
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS7713667720.html

At the moment, I can't find what the mobo in MeshCube is.


> > Is anyone working on grafting in NoCatSplash?  We may attempt this, 
> > although are more hardware-oriented.  Where can the CUWIN kernel conig 
> > file be found?
> 
> Not yet -- it would be awesome to have you working on this though. 

I'd need a platform to test on.  At the moment only have Via Epia.  Maybe the bootCD or CF image will work on this.

I'm a bit concerned about the vitality of the Nocat captive portal project, as few updates lately.  I've found two other options here:
http://wiki.freenetworks.org/index.cgi/FreeNetRouterProject#head-85553d2d6e2c14f75ea15ee9ddf05ff37211ca65

... and wondering if y'all have an opinion on either of them yet:

ChilliSpot
http://www.chillispot.org/

WiFi Dog
http://www.ilesansfil.org/wiki/WiFiDog

Best,

Carl Cook