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Don Gould :
> This is a requirement for a small system I'm building for a local
> motel to be able to give internet access away free to their
> customers.
>
> I have looked in to a bunch of different stuff but don't know the
> best way to go. I know this might not even be the right list to
> ask on, so please be kind. :)
>
> OPEN SOURCE GPL PLEASE - I have already done some work on some
> systems to get me what I want... all the work I'm doing is on open
> source stuff and is/will be made available back to the community,
> so, if you have a need for this work as well but can't help, then
> please feel free to drop me a line and I'll keep you informed.
>
> 1. I want to keep a record of the amount of data each user uses
> over a given amount of time. I know the users IP number and their
> MAC address. I modified DNSMasq [1] to tell me this each time the
> user issues a DHCP request.
If you just want to get how many bytes a user used in a given range of
time , iptalbes can do it very nicely !
iptables -t filter -A forword -s {your user ip}
>
> 2. It is proposed that each MAC will be given 50mb of data to use.
> After this the user/MAC will have to be authorised to have more.
You can use iptables quota module to accomplish this .
>
> The servers I'm using will run Debian Saige and are only small - p2
> or 3 with ~30 to 64mb ram and 2 - 3gb hard disk. Each server only
> has to look after < 50 clients and in most cases wouldn't get more
> than 10 using it at a time.
Oh , bad hardware ~
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