Timed firewall Rules have not yet been brought into m0n0wall however its on
the wish list .. We have been asking for this for some time, Now that said
if you use Radius maybe there is a way to limit access hours (times) via
radius.

BRW	
 	 
 	 

-----Original Message-----
From: DevAuto [mailto:devauto at gmail dot com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 10:49 AM
To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject: [m0n0wall] Captive Portal Question

I am trying to set up the captive portal so that I can limit access through
the portal to certain times of day. I have searched through all the
documentation, read the FAQs, checked through the archives, and read
everything I could find on the captive portal (okay, so I didn't actually
read it all, I scanned it pretty quickly for the relevant information), but
could not find what I was looking for.

What I would like to do is allow access through the portal for a specific
time period, say 9:00 A.M. EST. to 9:00 P.M. EST. If possible, I would also
like to log usage statistics such as when hosts connected, how long they
were connected, when they disconnected, etc.
During "off-hours" only specific systems would be allowed access via the
"pass through" option. I don't want to add additional network resources into
the mix if I don't have to, the portal will suffice for my needs if it is
configurable for what I want to do. The most important thing is disallowing
access during certain periods of time.
I am syncing against a central time server, so accurate timing should not be
an issue.

Is there anyway to do what I want with the captive portal? Is anyone already
doing this? If the portal is not capable of this, is there some other
feature of m0n0 that is? If m0n0 itself is not capable of this, does anyone
have any suggestions on how this might be accomplished? Do I need to setup
additional servers for authentication and access? If this has already been
addressed or I have missed something in the archives, I apologize, please
point me in the right direction.

TIA,
DevAuto
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