<div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On 26 January 2012 20:26, Graham Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:myotistwo@gmail.com" target="_blank">myotistwo@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I'm not actually sure what I should be asking here, but I would like to be able to set up a laptop as a server running questionnaires (created with StatPac) that need a cgi-bin folder to run a perl script.<br><br>I would then like to allow people to access the questionnaire from their laptops via a wireless connection to the laptop/server. Everyone would be in the same room.<br>
<br>I see there are things called portable wireless routers, is this as simple as installing a Ubuntu server version on the laptop, and plugging in the router. Then letting the users find the wireless connection.<br><br>
Can anyone advise on what sort of problems I might have, and suggest a low cost wireless router that might suit. I also see their are wireless NASs and wondered if that might provide an alternative approach.<br>
<br>I will obviously need to read up a bit (a lot) about setting up a network, but I would appreciate any comments that will highlight any key issues I would need to consider.<br><br>Many thanks,<br><br>Graham
<br></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Hi Graham<br> <br>Based on your description of what you need, you'll probably want to set up a lightweight server with a wireless adapter or linked to an existing access point via an ethernet connection - you'll also need to find some way of sending the delegates to the questionnaire as an initial page. While this can be done using netfilter, it's not exactly straightforward.<br>
<br>Perhaps a good starting point would therefore be some form of captive portal (commonly used for authenticating wireless guests in public hotspots) - as these are usually configured to redirect guests to a login/entry page. I've only ever set these up on *BSD's so probably wouldn't be much help here - but a quick search led me to <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/CoovaChilli">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/CoovaChilli</a> which looks like a good recipe to get you going....<br>
<br>Hope this helps<br><br>P<br><br><br><br><br> <br></div></div>