Understanding Captive Portal

Instant supports the captive portal A captive portal is a web page that allows the users to authenticate and sign in before connecting to a public-access network. Captive portals are typically used by business centers, airports, hotel lobbies, coffee shops, and other venues that offer free Wi-Fi hotspots for the guest users. authentication method, where a web page is presented to the guest users when they try to access the Internet from hotels, conference centers, or Wi-Fi Wi-Fi is a technology that allows electronic devices to connect to a WLAN network, mainly using the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radio bands. Wi-Fi can apply to products that use any 802.11 standard. hotspots Hotspot refers to a WLAN node that provides Internet connection and virtual private network (VPN) access from a given location. A business traveler, for example, with a laptop equipped for Wi-Fi can look up a local hotspot, contact it, and get connected through its network to reach the Internet.. The web page also prompts the guest users to authenticate or accept the usage policy and terms. Captive portals A captive portal is a web page that allows the users to authenticate and sign in before connecting to a public-access network. Captive portals are typically used by business centers, airports, hotel lobbies, coffee shops, and other venues that offer free Wi-Fi hotspots for the guest users. are used at many Wi-Fi Wi-Fi is a technology that allows electronic devices to connect to a WLAN network, mainly using the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radio bands. Wi-Fi can apply to products that use any 802.11 standard. hotspots Hotspot refers to a WLAN node that provides Internet connection and virtual private network (VPN) access from a given location. A business traveler, for example, with a laptop equipped for Wi-Fi can look up a local hotspot, contact it, and get connected through its network to reach the Internet. and can be used to control wired access as well.

The Instant captive portal A captive portal is a web page that allows the users to authenticate and sign in before connecting to a public-access network. Captive portals are typically used by business centers, airports, hotel lobbies, coffee shops, and other venues that offer free Wi-Fi hotspots for the guest users. solution consists of the following:

Using Instant, the administrators can create a wired or WLAN Wireless Local Area Network. WLAN is a 802.11 standards-based LAN that the users access through a wireless connection. guest network based on captive portal A captive portal is a web page that allows the users to authenticate and sign in before connecting to a public-access network. Captive portals are typically used by business centers, airports, hotel lobbies, coffee shops, and other venues that offer free Wi-Fi hotspots for the guest users. authentication for guests, visitors, contractors, and any non-employee users who can use the enterprise Wi-Fi Wi-Fi is a technology that allows electronic devices to connect to a WLAN network, mainly using the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz radio bands. Wi-Fi can apply to products that use any 802.11 standard. network. The administrators can also create guest accounts and customize the captive portal A captive portal is a web page that allows the users to authenticate and sign in before connecting to a public-access network. Captive portals are typically used by business centers, airports, hotel lobbies, coffee shops, and other venues that offer free Wi-Fi hotspots for the guest users. page with organization-specific logo, terms, and usage policy. With captive portal A captive portal is a web page that allows the users to authenticate and sign in before connecting to a public-access network. Captive portals are typically used by business centers, airports, hotel lobbies, coffee shops, and other venues that offer free Wi-Fi hotspots for the guest users. authentication and guest profiles, the devices that connect to the guest SSID Service Set Identifier. SSID is a name given to a WLAN and is used by the client to access a WLAN network. are assigned IP addresses and an initial role. When a guest user tries to access a URL Uniform Resource Locator. URL is a global address used for locating web resources on the Internet. through HTTP Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The HTTP is an application protocol to transfer data over the web. The HTTP protocol defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and the actions that the w servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. or HTTPS Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure. HTTPS is a variant of the HTTP that adds a layer of security on the data in transit through a secure socket layer or transport layer security protocol connection., the captive portal A captive portal is a web page that allows the users to authenticate and sign in before connecting to a public-access network. Captive portals are typically used by business centers, airports, hotel lobbies, coffee shops, and other venues that offer free Wi-Fi hotspots for the guest users. web page prompting the user to authenticate with a username and password is displayed.

Types of Captive Portal

Instant supports the following types of captive portal A captive portal is a web page that allows the users to authenticate and sign in before connecting to a public-access network. Captive portals are typically used by business centers, airports, hotel lobbies, coffee shops, and other venues that offer free Wi-Fi hotspots for the guest users. authentication:

Walled Garden

The administrators can also control the resources that the guest users can access and the amount of bandwidth or airtime they can use at any given time. When an external captive portal A captive portal is a web page that allows the users to authenticate and sign in before connecting to a public-access network. Captive portals are typically used by business centers, airports, hotel lobbies, coffee shops, and other venues that offer free Wi-Fi hotspots for the guest users. is used, the administrators can configure a walled garden Walled garden is a feature that allows blocking of unauthorized users from accessing network resources., which determines access to the URLs Uniform Resource Locator. URL is a global address used for locating web resources on the Internet. requested by the guest users. For example, a hotel environment where the unauthenticated users are allowed to navigate to a designated login page (for example, a hotel website) and all its contents. The users who do not sign up for the Internet service can view only the “allowed” websites (typically hotel property websites).

The administrators can allow or block access to specific URLs Uniform Resource Locator. URL is a global address used for locating web resources on the Internet. by creating a allowlist and denylist. When the users attempt to navigate to other websites, which are not in the allowlist of the walled garden Walled garden is a feature that allows blocking of unauthorized users from accessing network resources. profile, the users are redirected to the login page. If the requested URL Uniform Resource Locator. URL is a global address used for locating web resources on the Internet. is on the denylist, it is blocked. If it appears on neither list, the request is redirected to the external captive portal A captive portal is a web page that allows the users to authenticate and sign in before connecting to a public-access network. Captive portals are typically used by business centers, airports, hotel lobbies, coffee shops, and other venues that offer free Wi-Fi hotspots for the guest users..