Internet management system using radius protocol

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to design and develop an internet management system using radius protocol for a school. The system was developed by PHP language, MySQL database, and radius protocol. It allowed an administrator to grant users permission to access the internet, manage their accounts, check their status, and record their usage history in files, in addition to teachers being able to limit the use of the internet in their classrooms. The system evaluation process was divided into two parts. First, the efficiency of the system was evaluated by the administrator and it was found that the system can work as required. Second, the system performance was evaluated in terms of network security, functional requirement, and processing speed by the completion of a questionnaire by five experts. User-friendliness was evaluated by the completion of a questionnaire by 115 teachers and students. Results showed that the average efficiency was 4.22 with a standard deviation of 0.07. It can be concluded that the effectiveness of the developed system was at a high level and its application was beneficial for other organizations