Anyone have any Captive Portal set-up experience? - Roundtable

12 Sep 2016


      My nephew needs a recommendation for a captive portal service for a hotel.
Has anybody ever set one of these up? Advice?
Here are his particulars:
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Hello to all who read this,
My name is Andrew Popowich, and I was encouraged to send an email to 
this group in possibly getting some help. A hotel where I live, is 
needing a Guest Splash page to appear whenever someone connects to the 
wifi in the hotel. (Every time it is connected – I will explain) The 
internet is through Shaw, getting 150 open internet if they don’t have 
it already by now. We installed a Cisco RV320 (non WebFi unit) to 
split the internet into 2 networks. (192.168.130.1 – corporate // no 
wifi) and (192.168.123.1 – Guest wifi // no wired) We added a TP LINK 
750 as the router for Wifi communication, connected to a switch, and 
then from the switch, 2 X TP LINK Archer C7 1750 as access points(dhcp 
disabled), and an enGenius 2.4 Ghz outdoor Access point (dhcp 
disabled) to spread more coverage. My question is this : What can I 
add to economically get a splash page to show every time a guest 
connects to the public wifi, including, when they leave the hotel, and 
come back, they have to re-sign in to that splash page to continue 
using the internet in their rooms ? I have access to computer parts 
and etc, if a computer can be added in the line to do this task, or 
will that idea even work ? Let me know if more information is needed. 
I appreciate any help I can get on this, Andrew Popowich p.s. I spoke 
with Shaw Business and they stated since the hotel has 53 rooms, the 
cost for Shaw’s Managed Wifi service, is $700 a month. And they would 
not be able to use ANY of the equipment that we have added in the past 
4 months, total of that being around $2000.00 for equipment, and labor.
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