Trapping wireless clients and redirecting them to an authentication page

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When a customer comes to surf the web on my guest wifi, he should be redirected to my company's page where he is asked a password. If that password is correct, then the user should be allowed to reach the destination

How do I implement this?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 04 '12 at 13:33

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You need a captive portal software. There are some freeware too. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal

answered Aug 04 '12 at 13:33

Danilo Brambilla

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 04 '12 at 13:33

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this is a common function of many wireless routers. it's called a captive portal.

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longneck

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Trapping wireless clients and redirecting them to an authentication page

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