Our guest wifi is currently an open network with a captive portal for login. We create a guest account for one or more users and these accounts give you access based on the guest "type" that you are. This is all pretty standard. I would rather it just be open with an AUP and we just record your access time and what not.
Needless to say, this isn't the most secure thing to do, but it's guest.....
Problem is, we have residential areas within connectivity distance of our wifi making this option a no-go at the moment. So I was curious if there was any such system that anyone had heard of that could allow or deny access to a wifi network based on the client's proximity to the access points?
Sounds pretty easy in theory. Triangulate the client's location, probably do some mobility location tuning, make sure you can track clients' movements and bam, you're able to allow a client on once they're within 10 meters of an AP and disconnect them once they're out of range. Or heck, once they're in range, they maintain access until the signal is too weak and is lost.
Anyone seen or heard of anything like this?
I know we could possibly just tune down our APs along the perimeter of our campus but the distance between us and our neighbors in some areas isn't very wide. Meaning we'd be providing either too strong a signal to prevent them from accessing our wifi or too weak a signal for clients to be able to connect while in the parking lot or even just on the outside of the building.
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