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Create a Public Hotspot from my router, that handles auto time out when their session is done, etc? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi there,

I find myself in remote areas regularly, and I have internet, when nobody else does.

I'm happy to share this internet with people, but I want a time restriction on them, and throttle their speeds etc, so that they don't smash my internet / data allowance.

I'm looking for a really easy system where they can just sign into a portal, it gives them a certain amount of time based on my settings, then kicks them off again.

I'm using a GLiNet AX1800 if that makes any difference? Also, all of my machines run different versions / distros of Linux.

I'd really appreciate any feedback, or guidance on this.

Thanks so much

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

openwrt seems to support opennds which have quotas, you could investigate about them

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I'll check into this thank you. I was sort of hoping for an internet Cafe styled admin tool. I'll start here though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

beggingStuffForFun

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago

Superremoveda

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is a bad idea. You're basically wanting to be held legally responsible for the actions of complete strangers on your connection. Good luck with that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

That's a legitimate concern, but this can be easily mitigated by routing "guest" traffic into a VPN.

Guests might encounter more captchas than usual but better than no internet.