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      MrWright4hire
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      I have a client that is requesting a captive portal for his home. He's not interested in buying extra gear or software subscription. I looked into DD-WRT, but they have 3rd parties that charge for services.

      My client has a Asus RT-AX1800S router. I spoke to Asus and they no longer support captive portals on their routers anymore. He wants simplicity, keep his family network separate and wants to avoid having guess come to him for pwds.

      As an alternative, I mentioned how he can hide the family SSID while exposing the guest SSID for them to connect to. His response, what if a family member gets a new device. I informed him at bare minimum he would have to only input the network information in once. Once to him is even an headache.

      Any ideas anyone?

      In advanced, thank you for your time and efforts.

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        gjacobse
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        This is not meant to be helpful:

        Tell him to box up his equipment and return it, he doesn’t understand how to use technology.

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          gjacobse
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          Unifi has a captive portal in the controller,..

          Oh,.. can’t be troubled to type a SSID, then dealing with a controller or really ANY captive portal option will likely be more than he wants to deal with..

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            MrWright4hire @gjacobse
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            @gjacobse said in Captive Portal/Splash Screen/Better Alternative:

            Unifi has a captive portal in the controller,..

            Oh,.. can’t be troubled to type a SSID, then dealing with a controller or really ANY captive portal option will likely be more than he wants to deal with..

            Thanks for the suggestion gjacobse. I thought of Unifi as well, but once again, it's extra gear. This task is annoying.

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              1337
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              He or his guests doesn't need to type in anything.
              Most phones for example support qr codes for ssid & pwd.

              There are many sites that can generate the right qr code for him to print out.

              For example https://wifiqrcode.com

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @gjacobse
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                @gjacobse said in Captive Portal/Splash Screen/Better Alternative:

                This is not meant to be helpful:

                Tell him to box up his equipment and return it, he doesn’t understand how to use technology.

                And yet probably the most helpful thing. lol

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                  scottalanmiller @MrWright4hire
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                  @MrWright4hire said in Captive Portal/Splash Screen/Better Alternative:

                  @gjacobse said in Captive Portal/Splash Screen/Better Alternative:

                  Unifi has a captive portal in the controller,..

                  Oh,.. can’t be troubled to type a SSID, then dealing with a controller or really ANY captive portal option will likely be more than he wants to deal with..

                  Thanks for the suggestion gjacobse. I thought of Unifi as well, but once again, it's extra gear. This task is annoying.

                  the client will pay for consulting time that has to cost more than proper equipment, but doesn't want gear that does the job he requires?

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                    MrWright4hire @1337
                    last edited by MrWright4hire

                    @Pete-S said in Captive Portal/Splash Screen/Better Alternative:

                    He or his guests doesn't need to type in anything.
                    Most phones for example support qr codes for ssid & pwd.

                    There are many sites that can generate the right qr code for him to print out.

                    For example https://wifiqrcode.com

                    Hey Pete. I wish I knew you well enough to put you on my Christmas list. That idea was the BOMB! My bad for those who are not hip to that term. It was a great idea.

                    I also talked him into getting a Unifi Dream Router (UDR). With the UDR you don't need to buy extra gear. It's a 4 in one. It's a router, switch, AP and controller. There's another one called Unifi Dream Machine (UDM). It's a 3 in 1. It's a switch, AP and Controller. Both can create a captive portal / splash screen.

                    Here's a side by side comparison:
                    Comparison.PNG

                    If anyone else has any cool ideas like Pete, please share. I'm open to learning and sharing information.

                    If anyone is interested, below are setup video of both products.

                    Unifi:
                    UDR - Router
                    UDM - Machine

                    In the mean time, MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

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                      gjacobse @MrWright4hire
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                      @MrWright4hire said in Captive Portal/Splash Screen/Better Alternative:

                      @Pete-S said in Captive Portal/Splash Screen/Better Alternative:

                      He or his guests doesn't need to type in anything.
                      Most phones for example support qr codes for ssid & pwd.

                      There are many sites that can generate the right qr code for him to print out.

                      For example https://wifiqrcode.com

                      Hey Pete. I wish I knew you well enough to put you on my Christmas list. That idea was the BOMB! My bad for those who are not hip to that term. It was a great idea.

                      I also talked him into getting a Unifi Dream Router (UDR). With the UDR you don't need to buy extra gear. It's a 4 in one. It's a router, switch, AP and controller. There's another one called Unifi Dream Machine (UDM). It's a 3 in 1. It's a switch, AP and Controller. Both can create a captive portal / splash screen.

                      Here's a side by side comparison:
                      Comparison.PNG

                      If anyone else has any cool ideas like Pete, please share. I'm open to learning and sharing information.

                      If anyone is interested, below are setup video of both products.

                      Unifi:
                      UDR - Router
                      UDM - Machine

                      In the mean time, MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

                      I got excited and started to re-consider my initial heart attack the other day when I searched up the UDR.. That sheet is old and incorrect. the UDR on Amazon is the same price as the UDM - $400+

                      I'm already looking to re-engineer my entire network from a ERL and UniFi controller running on Ubuntu ...

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