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Ask HN: Setting up a captive portal

2 pointsby taylorcooneyover 8 years ago
Hey guys,<p>I asked this yesterday but didn&#x27;t get much insight. The documentation and solutions are quite dated for setting up a public WiFi spot with a captive portal. Are there any resources that I am overlooking into how one can build a solution for small business? Setting up the hardware and creating the portal.

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prancingslugover 8 years ago
Untangle has captive portal functionality; It&#x27;s a linux based OS with firewall, vpn, and a bunch of other stuff. you need hardware with 2 NICs.<p>We run it for a small busniess off of a refurbished desktop and it works fine for roughly 250 connected users at any given time.<p>Here&#x27;s a link to the home page: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.untangle.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.untangle.com&#x2F;</a> And to the captive portal section of the wiki: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.untangle.com&#x2F;index.php&#x2F;Captive_Portal" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;wiki.untangle.com&#x2F;index.php&#x2F;Captive_Portal</a><p>Alternatively you could get a router compatible with OpenWRT or Tomato firmware and set up a captive portal on the router itself.