i have hotspot that allow users to access internet only 2h per one day
how to prevent trial-user who change his mac address from login again and renew the 2 hour/day
how to allow trial-user to login automaticly without having to open page using browser (specialy user on smart phone)
there is no way…
is there is any other solution or technology can do that
Until user can change freely MAC address of the device, you can’t do anything.
Or simple remove free time and make only available payed service.
hope those issues fix in version 7
something like “combination between mac address and smartphone serial number” authentication
It depends if the client is willing to tell you other identification in the DHCP communication. You could try to use it. But client can change everything on his side if he knows how you make the detection.
If do that, 99,999% of devices are incompatible with access point…
You can not ask for “other”
DID YOU EVER NOTICE THAT ALL YOUR ANSWERS IS JUST “I DONT KNOW” but in other words , DID YOU !!!
that’s what am talking about
if you notice in ip > dhcp server >> leases >> active hostname
android smartphone specialty has its own serial number + androidword like “android-cd25548421321”
iphone has the phone name
nokia and has blank
so if we can combine the active mac and active host name fo authintication , that would be not easy for user to manipulate
It would be very easy. As I do not like the numbers I changed the host names of all android devices in my sphere of influence. You can’t rely on it.
If someone know how (easily) change the mac, it can change any other info…
The only way to prevent the trik are to embedd some feature like IMEI on cellular phone (on GSM point of view).
But today, is easily changeable also the IMEI.
And if the chip where imei is are unrewritable, someone catch out one program for simulate the “IMEI chip”…
And so on…
Is a story already knowed…
And this time, where is the point “I DID”?
i said so because there is a whole lot of software in google market that change mac address “well known solution”
but with “combination solution” it would be harder at least on average users