ChilliSpot is an open source captive portal or wireless LAN access point controller. It is used for authenticating users of a wireless LAN. It supports web based login which is today's standard for public HotSpots. Authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) is handled by your favorite radius server.
Binary downloads are available for Redhat, Febora, Debian, Mandrake and OpenWRT. ChilliSpot is an ebuild in Gentoo and compiles under FreeBSD. Source code under GPL is available for other platforms.
To build your own HotSpot you need the following items:
- Internet connection
- Wireless LAN access point
- ChilliSpot software for your PC
- Radius server
- Web server