Controlled internet access

Submitted by gabbo_21 on Thu, 2008-08-14 21:23.

Hi, I was wondering if anyone can help. I currently have a setup at work in our accommodation blocks to allows users to access internet via wireless. I have users connecting to wifi routers, which currently ends up going through a transparent squid proxy. User's currently pay me for access to service where I will add there MAC access to access points, but this is alot of work. Is there a way I can control access to internet using my ubuntu squid proxy? E.g. user issued a password/key and once entred user has net access, so no key no internet. Any help would be could, and as a newbie to linux the clear it is, the better.

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Submitted by graingert on Sat, 2008-08-16 22:51.

Can you not use a different proxy that allows you to do this?