Many institutions that offer wireless access to its constituents have some sort of web interface where users can register their MAC address through a web interface and then get an IP address. I assume this uses some kind of complex database of MAC addresses and IP addresses that dhcpd leases out. This is what I am interested in doing: I would like to have my users register their wireless nics through a web page on my sme server and then give them their IP address. I would like to then have a bandwidth quota for these users, say 250 MB a day or so. I know this has been done before by some, and I was looking to see if someone has already made a contrib that would do something like this.
Many people invest lots of money and time in appliances such as Packeteer to block or throttle certain ports and protocols, but wouldn't just allowing them a certain amount of bandwidth per day or month and then let them use it however they may choose be easier and less expensive?
If you can offer any help I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
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