How do you set up your wireless network to require login before the Internet can be accessed on it?

How can I set up my wireless network so that a username and password, or a simple login button being pressed is required before the Internet can be accessed on it? I've seen it at On the Border and most hotels, and I am wondering how I can do it with my own wireless network.





Thanks!


BlakeHow do you set up your wireless network to require login before the Internet can be accessed on it?
That different from what you can do at home. On those sites, you're logging onto some authentication server that checks your status as a paying customer.





At home, you set up WPA or WEP encryption on your router, and each device that connects must provide the proper key before the connection is authorized. Usually, you only have to provide the key one time, and future logins are automatic. But it protects your network from intruders and encrypts the data so people can't sniff it.How do you set up your wireless network to require login before the Internet can be accessed on it?
Different companies do that through a custom HTML page that has some extensive custom coding in it.





Besides, if you have a wireless network, security is built in on the routers home page to where you can require a SSID (password) or a key code; you can do it that way.
You need a proper commercial router with a login system, or to pass all machines through a server. This last is the method most hotel sites use.
You will need an internet monitoring software that requires user name and password to be given internet access.





This also requires a pc on the LAN to drive the software. This may be a sizeable investment in time and funds.





If you want to keep undesirable people off your LAN, it is best done via implementing security on the wireless
It won't work exactly like that, but you can setup your wireless network to require a login in order to connect to it. Then once connected to the network, the internet will work just like normal.





This process depends on what company made your wireless router (Linksys, Netgear, etc.), but they should all have this capability. You should determine which company made your router and look for instructions online.