A captive portal is something most of might have used, but unknowingly. Whenever you connect to wifi network in hotel, coffee shops or airports, you come across a customised login page, wherein, credentials need to be entered. This is called a captive portal. Ideal for any business, a captive portal is a recommended solution for better market and more security. Let’s look into the benefits of this portal.
Why have a captive portal?
A captive portal presents service terms that a user must agree to for accessing the business wifi hotspot. This way, your business is free from any legal liability.
A captive portal also gives you more control over the bandwidth, router protection and lets you customise the time for which the user can stay connected to the network and access it.
From commercial per se, it gives a business an excellent marketing opportunity. With the help of a captive portal, the business can ask users to fill out a survey before they can access the Internet and even display sponsored advertisements.
How to set up a captive portal?
The set up process depends on the network setup of the business. For starters, make sure your firmware is updated. Here are the steps to follow:
•Access the web-based setup on the access point of your network
•Look for captive portal option under the access point set up menu
•Customize the settings of the portal and choose the name and password of the portal
•You will be redirected to an exited webpage. If it’s not there, create a custom page
To create custom page:
•Look for ‘web customization’, ’splash screen’ and similar options. You can choose the background, logo, color, user name and passwords in this section.
•Link the profile to a wireless radio band and SSID.
What’s next?
Once you are done with creating a captive portal for your wifi parental control router network, use laptop, phone or other wifi enabled device to connect to the hotspot and check the captive portal. If you are able to login successfully, the process is done and you can now share the custom page with your guests.
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