Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2010 23:57 Post subject: Scheduled "nag screen" feature available?
Hi all...
I've become the de facto "network admin" for my local internet cafe. The owner asked me if there's any way to add a kind of nag screen for users... you know, some web page that's redirected to every few hours of a given user's use where it says "Remember, please don't abuse our network access, but buy a coffee every once in awhile" or something like that. :-)
I know this is definitely doable with the various "Captive Portal" software implementations out there, but that would require a computer handling all the requests to the outside world instead of the wifi router (which is currently just plugged into the DSL modem).
Anyone know if DD-WRT has such a feature, or something that could be used as such? Adding a proxy server to the cafe's network setup would be a big pain for such a little thing, so I was curious.
I have no clue how to do it to be honest but you could potentially make a script that when run waits X number of minutes then forces all DNS/http traffic to a certain location (the nag screen) then reverts it back to normal after say 2 min.
This would not take into account how long someone has been on but would at least be an occurring event.
Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 13:00 Post subject: Re: use NoCatSplash
estauffer wrote:
if you use nocatsplash you can set the timeout to be an hour or two rather than the default of 1 day.
This......I use Nocatsplash at my computer repair/cafe with a splash/login page. Just adjust the timeout as previous stated. Has been working perfect for me for 6 months now, just be careful not to "nag" the customers too soon. A 1 hour interval should suffice.
