you can use squid as part of such a setup, but by itself I don't think so.take a look at packetfence http://www.packetfence.org/home.html as an option.
David Lang On Wed, 20 Apr 2011, Daniel Shelton wrote:
Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2011 05:39:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Daniel Shelton <dps218@xxxxxxxxx> To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Squid as a "Hotspot" ? Does anyone know? Can Squid be set up as a wifi "Hotspot"? For example, with a splash page that users will see before connecting? Dan