[IDEA] plugin for dd-wrt that allows selling internet connection to neighbors - page 2.

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Quote from: abracadabra on January 19, 2012, 08:05:55 PM

And what happens when the people you are selling access to, do something illegal with YOUR internet access?

Who will be tracked down and made to pay?

It would be nifty if one could sell Tor-only internet access. Liability is the only reason I don't share my wireless for FREE, let alone for money.

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Quote from: legolouman on January 14, 2012, 02:53:28 PM

Most likely against the ISP's terms of use. Be careful how you tread or they will find you.

This... they will either fuck with your customers connections (html injections for one example), or filter you. Also, many connections have monthly cap. I'm talking about in the US, on Comcast's network to be clear. Other jurisdictions and ISPs will vary, so check the terms of use. They will find you. Your statistics will be very different.

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And what happens when the people you are selling access to, do something illegal with YOUR internet access?

Who will be tracked down and made to pay?

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Quote from: grue on January 14, 2012, 12:46:14 PM

or use your mining power to crack their WPA/WEP password Tongue

on a serious note. this would either require a payment processor to handle the payments, because running a client on a router is not an option.

http://hashcat.net/wiki/cracking_wpawpa2

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

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I'm currently running an open wifi network on my internet connection and using "nodogsplash" to hijack the first page access to display a message

WiFidog, has a lot of functionality and allows for payment:
http://dev.wifidog.org/

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I thought DD-WRT already had an option for "coffee shop" login where you get a temporary password that lasts x number of minutes. Seems like it would be really easy to make it so it auto emails someone a temp password when they send you a payment.

This?: http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Captive_Portal

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Quote from: grue on January 14, 2012, 12:46:14 PM

or use your mining power to crack their WPA/WEP password Tongue

on a serious note. this would either require a payment processor to handle the payments, because running a client on a router is not an option.

why isn't an option ? because it takes too much resources on the router or it could be hacked ? bitcoind has ssl support too

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Quote from: MORA on January 14, 2012, 03:03:07 PM

Except for the bitcoin part, thats what fon does (http://corp.fon.com/en).

Its been a while since I used it, but its free wifi if you share one, and users without a shared AP themselves can buy access for a small fee.

They have routers that users can setup to make it easy, and makes 2 ssids, so the one you let others use are seperated from your private LAN.

Yeah, I had one fon myself. It's a shame people don't use something like that a little more, I would pay for internet connection right now to someone

Just simple cost-sharing. OK, it could be against ISP rules, but who cares? And how is ISP going to see if the internet connection is resold or not?

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Except for the bitcoin part, thats what fon does (http://corp.fon.com/en).

Its been a while since I used it, but its free wifi if you share one, and users without a shared AP themselves can buy access for a small fee.

They have routers that users can setup to make it easy, and makes 2 ssids, so the one you let others use are seperated from your private LAN.

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Decent Programmer to boot!

Most likely against the ISP's terms of use. Be careful how you tread or they will find you.

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Quote from: grue on January 14, 2012, 12:46:14 PM

on a serious note. this would either require a payment processor to handle the payments, because running a client on a router is not an option.

Or use Electrum or Stratum protocol.

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or use your mining power to crack their WPA/WEP password Tongue

on a serious note. this would either require a payment processor to handle the payments, because running a client on a router is not an option.

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I just recently moved to a new apartment, and I have to wait 2-3 weeks before they can setup my internet connection. That really sucks. Perhaps some of my neighbours would see the opportunity and earn a couple of bucks with his wlan router.

I will start developing it later when I have finished my current bitcoin projects. However that will take time, so be free to implement the idea Grin

Perhaps this could be even a profitable business, a company would offer the software/wifi routers and take a small cut from internet subscriptions.

To those that don't know, DD-WRT is an open source firmware for wifi routers, so additional functionality on top of it can be implemented easily. http://www.dd-wrt.com/site/index

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