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Free wireless thru a proxy
11:32 PM EST 1/8/08
Hi there
I am wanting to provide free wireless access to anyone wanting to use it, at a large number of Libraries in New Zealand.
We are currently rolling out free internet access on desktop PC's in these libraries, but would now like to offer wifi access points in these libraries.
Getting wifi into these libraries is the easy part, but getting this traffic to go through the same proxy server that the desktop PC's go through seems to be the tricky part.
I have used PublicIP software before, but it has an issue with 'double proxying' HTTPS traffic, and requires installing a dedicated PC at every location.
Does anyone know of a WiFi access point, that will push all its traffic though a proxy server, and would love it to provide wireless printing also.
thanks in advance
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Re: Free wireless thru a proxy
9:39 PM EDT 6/6/08
as a reply to Glen Bellamy.
Do you have a budget for the WAPs? If so, how much could you spend? Or would you be interested in one of the managed services, such as Sputnik, Less Networks, or something similar that would charge a monthly fee?
Do you need to do this for some sort of authentication or is it for content filtering reasons?
If it is for content filtering, there are solutions like the FortiGate wireless platforms that can be centrally managed and also do content filtering at the WAP level, so you would not need to send it through the proxy.
How comfortable are you with installing a custom solution? For example, would you be willing to load a customized version of WAP software on to a Linksys WAP to get a custom set of features that might allow you to do this?
I have been searching and searching and the closest I get to finding a solution involves the custom option but before I do additional research I wondered whether there were constraints to possible solutions.
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