Hi there,

I find myself in remote areas regularly, and I have internet, when nobody else does.

I’m happy to share this internet with people, but I want a time restriction on them, and throttle their speeds etc, so that they don’t smash my internet / data allowance.

I’m looking for a really easy system where they can just sign into a portal, it gives them a certain amount of time based on my settings, then kicks them off again.

I’m using a GLiNet AX1800 if that makes any difference? Also, all of my machines run different versions / distros of Linux.

I’d really appreciate any feedback, or guidance on this.

Thanks so much

  • NoneYa@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    You may want to first look into your region’s laws and see if anyone has had issues relating to this. Cops and governments all over the world have shown they don’t care if it was someone else looking up cp, engaging in piracy, or spreading terrorism on someone else’s network, they will hold the owner of that network liable for what someone else did on their network.

    Just be careful and protect yourself.

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      2 months ago

      Guess they could also route everything through a VPN exit portal to keep it at least a bit secure from casual snoops if not nation states.

  • Burstar@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    This is a bad idea. You’re basically wanting to be held legally responsible for the actions of complete strangers on your connection. Good luck with that.

    • alphafalcon@feddit.de
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      2 months ago

      That’s a legitimate concern, but this can be easily mitigated by routing “guest” traffic into a VPN.

      Guests might encounter more captchas than usual but better than no internet.