WiFiDog was an

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embeddable

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solution used to build wireless hotspots. It is no longer an active project after not being updated for several years. WiFiDog consists of two components: the ''gateway'' and the ''authentication server''. It was written by the technical team of Île Sans Fil and is included in the software package repository of

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Gateway

The WiFiDog gateway is written in C with no dependencies beyond the

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. This structure enables it to be embedded in devices such as the

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router running

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or most PCs running

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. Linux Journal reports that a working gateway install can be packaged in less than 15kB on an i386 platform.

Authentication server

The WiFiDog

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is a

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and

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server based solution written to authenticate clients in a

environment. WiFiDog Auth provides portal specific content management, allows users to create wireless internet access accounts using email access, provides gateway uptime statistics and connection specific and user log statistics.

References

External links

Project home page

Chinese WifiDog Community Home Page
* WiFi Foundationbr>uses WiFi Dog for Community WiFi
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