Re: Feature request

[Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>]

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Hi,

On Sun, 2013-01-20 at 13:55 +0100, Daniel Weismüller wrote:
> Hello
> 
> Today I've got an idea and I would like to know if it is possible and 
> how many work we have to spend on it.
> 
> 1st idea: Make it possible to switch (on/off), over the webif, the 
> MAC-filter on blue over the webif.

Why would someone want to do that? It has been like that since the
beginning of the IPFire project and no one has ever complained about it.

To enable access for all systems on that part of the network it takes
one rule and you are done. That is not worth an extra switch for me -
especially because it weakens the system very easily.

> 2nd idea: Make it possible to switch (on/off), over the webif, that the 
> clients on blue may connect each other.

I am sure you are talking about the hostapd addon here, because that
would otherwise not be possible (except using managed switches which can
do that).

Implementing this option for the hostapd addon is easy. It is a one-line
change in the configuration file and you will need to add a checkbox on
the WUI.

Please send me a patch with those changes when you are done.

Best,
-Michael