Captive Portal Support on domestic router?

PiKe · 17 Apr 2018 at 14:22

Looking for something simple that just requires an email address to log into the guest network, is there anything off the shelf that will do this without costing a fortune?

pcfarrar · 17 Apr 2018 at 15:26

You can do it with a UniFi AP /cloudkey using a custom captive portal.

Caged · 17 Apr 2018 at 20:06

Where do the email addresses need to end up? What's the use case here?

PiKe · 17 Apr 2018 at 20:07

Information harvesting for sending newsletters/offers, but on second thoughts with the new data protection laws coming in, it's maybe not the best idea!

Caged · 17 Apr 2018 at 20:08

If you just want a hotspot that is Someone Else's Problem then Sky Wi-Fi (The Cloud) was free last time I looked

pcfarrar · 17 Apr 2018 at 20:45

PiKe said:
Information harvesting for sending newsletters/offers, but on second thoughts with the new data protection laws coming in, it's maybe not the best idea!

Facebook WiFi would work for that. Also supported by UniFi AP’s.

Sparx · 17 Apr 2018 at 21:47

PiKe said:
Information harvesting for sending newsletters/offers, but on second thoughts with the new data protection laws coming in, it's maybe not the best idea!

Why? GDPR is not an issue, the focus with the new DPA regs is just all about ensuring explicit consent is given and it's crystal clear what will be done with the information.

If you add a tickbox with a link to T&Cs stating what you will do with the email and that they are also agreeing to newsletter/offers from XYZ, then you have consent and stated what will be done with their email address.

You could also include usage rules and restrictions as well on the network itself within the T&C.