Thanks Lee.  This is what I was thinking too, except that the DNSForwarder doesn't accept wildcards.
 Is this a GUI limitation?  i.e., is it possible to add wildcard entries from a shell rather than
through the GUI?

I'm hoping to use the CP to forward to a local web server, and I'm contractually bound to not allow
Internet access in order to not compete with a wireless hotspot provider in the same area.  Since
all I want is for clients to hit an app running on my local web server, no Internet access isn't a
problem.  I can't figure out how to get the CP to work though, unless there is a real live DNS
connection that resolves external URL requests.  The DNS lookups to Internet sites fail, so the
request is never sent and the CP doesn't forward to the local address.

I can just tell clients what local URL to type in, but I'd like it so that when they connect it'll
forward to the local web server regardless of their home page.

Is there another way to do this through a proxy or static routes somehow instead of the CP?

Thanks for any help.

-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Sharp [mailto:leesharp at hal dash pc dot org]
Sent: Thu 1/18/2007 10:53 PM
To: m0n0wall at lists dot m0n0 dot ch
Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] Using Captive Portal offline?
 
The best I can come up with is to use the DNSforwader and put in all the 
domains you can think of, using wildcards.  (msn.com microsoft.com 
google.com yahoo.com cnn.com)  Put an IP outside the firewall. (even if it 
can't be reached.  Just trying to go outside will trigger CP. 


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