Wireless router/wap as 'hotspot'

question; i have a wrt54gl and a wap54g, here's what i want to do, i'm not sure if this is possible or not - - i would like a wap that is pretty much wide open, but prompts a user to OK through an agreement, enter a password and it lets them online, but then times out after a period of time. this is for public internet access for office visitors. our internal wap will be mac filtered and encrypted, we just want some way to offer access to visitors but somehow limit it and have a disclaimer before they can surf/etc. similar to what places like panera have.

You don't have the right equipment to do the job you described.
If you connect these two devices and leave the WAP "wide open", this will give your visitors total and unsecured access to your network. This is because the WAP must be wired to a LAN port on your WRT54GL in order for the WAP to work, and anything wired to a LAN port on your WRT54GL has access to your network.
Linksys routers are designed for home and small office use. I don't know of any way to make an agreement pop up on a system using a Linksys router. It sounds like you really need a professional (Cisco) system to do this.
The only Linksys router that I know that offers a "hot spot" with some type of agreement or login procedure is the WRV54G, which uses the Boingo Hot Spot system.
If you want to setup the system you described WITHOUT the agreement, then this is fairly easy using 2 wireless routers, similar to this:
Modem --- unsecured wireless router --- secured WRT54GL
192.168.38.1 192.168.1.1
In this setup, the WRT54GL is connected through its Internet port (not a LAN port), and this is what will protect your private network. For the unsecured wireless router, you could use just about any Linksys wireless router, but for simplicity of maintanance, I would suggest you get another WRT54GL.
Hope this helps.
Message Edited by toomanydonuts on 01-10-2008 03:33 AM

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