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<p>My nephew needs a recommendation for a captive portal service for
a hotel. <br>
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<p>Has anybody ever set one of these up? Advice?</p>
<p>Here are his particulars:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"><span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.36px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(241, 240, 240);">Hello to all who read this, </span><br style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.36px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(241, 240, 240);">
<span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.36px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(241, 240, 240);">My name is Andrew Popowich, and I was encouraged to send an email to this group in possibly getting some help.</span>
<span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.36px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(241, 240, 240);">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)</span>
<span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.36px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(241, 240, 240);">The internet is through Shaw, getting 150 open internet if they don’t have it already by now.</span>
<span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.36px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(241, 240, 240);">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)</span>
<span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.36px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(241, 240, 240);">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.</span>
<span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.36px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(241, 240, 240);">My question is this :</span>
<span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.36px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(241, 240, 240);">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 ?</span>
<span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.36px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(241, 240, 240);">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 ?</span>
<span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.36px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(241, 240, 240);">Let me know if more information is needed.</span>
<span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.36px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(241, 240, 240);">I appreciate any help I can get on this,</span>
<span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.36px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(241, 240, 240);">Andrew Popowich</span>
<span style="color: rgb(75, 79, 86); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 15.36px; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: pre-wrap; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(241, 240, 240);">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.</span></blockquote>===
Bradford C. Vokey
Treasurer
Manitoba Unix User Group
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