wireless networking - How to make a wifi hotspot that tracks all requests?

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2014-07
  • Markasoftware

    I have 2 computers, and on one of them I'm trying to debug a tricky problem by tracking all http requests made by it. I tried everything (Fiddler proxy, Charles proxy, Windows hosts file, etc), but it just doesn't catch the requests and tell me data about it. I know for a fact that a request is being made. So, I decided that the only way to go about fixing this is to set up the other computer as a wifi hotspot, and then it should catch every single request. I know how to make a computer a wifi hotspot, but how do I track all requests from it? Does mHotspot have some option to send all requests through a proxy? Is there some other hotspot program I should use? Thank you in advance!

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  • Amanda18

    Anyone know free software (or very cheap) for creating paid access to WIFI - with tokens mechanism?

    Can be on Linux, or Windows...

    I have a small Hostel and I want to create paid access to wifi (like 1$ for hour).


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  • Arjan

    The most popular replacement firmware for relatively common routers, OpenWrt and dd-wrt, do provide support for establishing hotspots. There is quite a lot of documentation on this to be found on their respective Wikis:

    http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Chillispot

    http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Captive_Portal#Provider

    A lot of what was once quite hard to do, has been packaged up by EasyHotspot into an all in one hotspot management system.

  • Arjan

    Not exactly what you asked for, as it's not based on tokens, but: you could join FON, and open up your (cheap†) Fonera router for paid access (not limited to you own guests, if the Wifi range is good).

    A software solution I never tried, and which seems a bit hard to set up for a regular user, is CoovaChilli. It needs a WPA Enterprise router, and then offers authentication services to selectively --through a so-called captive portal-- share your access point.

    † Old Fonera routers are just €30, the newest €79 / $99.

  • Hotspot Scott

    HotSpotPA is a hosted solution that costs under $99 per router. It is software that runs on both Linksys and Ubiquiti router hardware. Because it is hosted it doesn't require any Windows or Linux software, all the behind-the-scenes authentication and payment processing is done by the HotSpotPA company through an encrypted VPN that is built into the router. No tokens though, it requires the customer to use credit cards or PayPal.