Can someone steer me to some way to

• notice with specific devices connect to my wifi
• track the amount of time that device is connected
• block the session after some configured amount of usage time
• re-open the session after some configured amount of time-out

My public library has something like this for their workstation pool.

(grinning) Yes, I'm looking for some way to deal with children and grand-children flooding my LAN with streaming while I'm trying to do real work.

We have a mix of devices from a variety of sources and so I can't rely on
vendor implement "parental controls."

I know that my ASUS/WRT network will let me stop their sessions, but I want to do this automatically.

ASIDE -- I'd really like to have my "guests" get a web page, enter an email address, reply to a confirmation prompt, and see a page that announces their assigned time limit and time-out time.

Again, my ASUS mesh-network is WRT based.

Thanks in advance,
~~~ 0;-Dan

Look at your WiFi device's configuration page and see if it has features like this. Otherwise you'll have to install a router or gateway which will allow you to feature control access.

There's always the power plug, or you can also disable WiFi and only allow wired access.

Does this "feature" have a name that I can search for? As I mentioned in my original post (OP), my library has something like this for their LAN. I know that I've seen similar in hotels and conference environments.

Thanks for the reply.

Thanks in advance for any follow-up,
~~~ 0;-Dan

Guest access.

Business routers more typically have it, but some home routers do, which is why I recommend you check your existing router for a feature like that. They may name it something different, there's no patented name.

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One such term is captive portal. On home routers guest access typically means a seperate wifi network.

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On my home router (a TPLINK Archer C9), guest access does, indeed appear to be separate networks with their own SSIDs, but they can be configured to only be active at certain times and days, OR one can set timeouts in hours and minutes.

I will check to see if mine (ASUS RT-AC3100 + AC86U as mesh) supports the timeout feature you describe.

Do you know of Open Source editions of the "Business router" firmware?

Thanks in advance,
~~~ 0;-Dan

Search engines are wonderful tools, but you just gotta know enough, captive portal to search for the correct information.

Thanks for the reply,
~~~ 0;-Dan

There are several open source available router distributions that can be considered business class but I don't know of any specific firmware versions other then dd-wrt or openwrt. I know many ASUS routers can run a version DD-WRT and you can easily add features like a captive portal but not sure about the mesh network feature.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_o..._distributions

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