2014-09-16 - Re: [GRASE-Hotspot] Multiple captive portals

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From: Marko Sevo <wp***t@gmail.com>
Message Hash: 8dee988c6776d7b5841458dd008189606acbb42b10312ba9d42240d761c5c8d3
Message ID: <036d3829-9b12-4c8a-adc8-4d31b9198704@grasehotspot.org>
Reply To: <54176036.4070308@radez.hr>
UTC Datetime: 2014-09-16 05:04:56 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 05:04:56 -0700

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First of all, thanks for the reply and taking the time to suggest other 
similar options.

I guess I was a quite a bit vague in my explanation earlier, so let me 
expand on that first. The reason I would like to have multiple captive 
portals is, to have different types of access displayed at some locations, 
as well as different settings for said types of access. Now, yeah, the 
access type with a username and password can easily be solved by creating 
different kinds of users and or groups. However, I would like to have, for 
example a captive portal that offers username + password access as well as 
a free 15 minutes access button, then another one which offers again 
username + password access, as well as a free 1 hour access button, etc. 
So, the problem here is, two different captive portals as well as different 
settings for the same function (15min free vs 1h free /day). In a way, I 
would need some kind of captive portal profiles, if you get my drift.

I believe I could achieve this by running two servers, however what I'm 
wondering is, if it's somehow possible to have it all-in-one, i.e. in one 
instance of Grase.

Thanks for your time!

Marko


On Monday, September 15, 2014 11:55:07 PM UTC+2, drazen.zuvela wrote:
>
>  You can do that with one server, one captive portal and one AP.  
> In this application there are no any recognition of APs from server side. 
> They are all transparent/invisible to server. So you can't achieve what you 
> asked for on the way you described..
>
> However, you can create user/group without limits and charge. It is 
> consider as free access too. Still captive portal is there, but access is 
> free in this scenario. User have to enter username and password.
>
> Also you can use Grase and create "machine" accounts using MAC address of 
> client devices. Still you can set limitations and charge, or you can leave 
> it without. No captive at all in this case. Acces is free or non free for 
> machines you register previously.
>
> If you wish to offer free access without username/password and captive 
> portal, you only need AP without any credentials or security. Just plug it 
> directly to your internet router/modem. You don't need Grase at all.
> Hope this help.
>
> Drazen
>
>
>
> On 09/15/2014 09:17 PM, Marko Sevo wrote:
>  
> Hey!
>
> I was wondering if it's possible to have multiple captive portals, each of 
> them tied to a specific AP or SSID, making it possible to only allow 
> specific types of authentication in certain locations. For example, on one 
> captive portal you would have the ability to get free instant internet 
> access by just clicking a button, while on another portal you could only 
> get internet access with a username and password combination, etc. Or is 
> there another/better way to do that? I know it would be possible with 
> multiple servers running Grase, but is it possible with just one?
>
> Many thanks,
> Marko
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