The company I work for is trying to build a solution that will allow for user-based access to a wi-fi mesh network similar to the way this works in some Shopping centers and Hotels.
Scenario:
- we generate users and allocate bandwidth(usage plan) to the user through some interface(could be CLI or ideally REST API)
- any device that user logs in with will be allocated to his/her account
- ideally, the bandwidth to be shared across all allocated devices in order to never exceed the total bandwidth from the usage plan
- ability to remotely control the system(create/modify/suspend users, change usage plans) and pull the usage data on a per allocated device
- the user is free to walk around without the need to reconnect to the network as we will place a necessary number of access points around the area
Problem:
- we were not able to find an out-of-the-box solution that can support these requirements except for Cisco Meraki which is insanely expensive and not economical for us
Question:
- does anyone know an open-source software that may help us to achieve these scenarios or at least a few of them if not all?
Any thoughts are highly appreciated.
Thank you!
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