ok it works now, thank you NogBadTheBad!

You have to manage the contents of the MySQL database yourself. Neither the package nor pfSense will do that for you.

@mbutz89:

I keep getting this error: PHP ERROR: Type: 1, File: /var/etc/captiveportal_guest.html, Line: 20, Message: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 112082944 bytes). Has anyone ever encountered this issue and is there a fix for it? Thank you for any future replies.

This file does not belong to a clean install of pfSense.
Some one (probably you) uploaded  "self made files" and they do not respect the syntax (html or PHP) or you try to include files that do not exist.
Put thinks back as they ware originally and you'll be fine.

Even generating a new roll leaves trhe CSV empty. I'm really in trouble with that. Anyone any idea?

I got voucher_gaeste_active and voucher_gaeste_used for each roll in /var/db. but where are the unused vouchers saved?

Thanks for the reply.

By meaning of it:

How can I create block rule in fw without blocking CP?

I wanted to add the firewall rule than blocks all the traffic at the end of list, so that CP rules for redirection, and rules that allows users IP + MAC to pass apply before that rule.

https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=110577.0

I use these rules (see image) to enforce that users can only contact the DNS resolver running on pfSense.
Abusing this DNS server (the one pfSense uses)  for tunneling purposes …. I don't know ...

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Use /etc/rc.restart_webgui like the example shows, that will restart nginx instances for the GUI and Captive Portal. It happens quickly, there isn't really any incentive to restart only one or the other for something as infrequent as a certificate update (once per month at most, could be as rare as once every 90 days)

Great !

Thanks that works. Post is resolved :)

@YQ:

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Not really. They specifically use nas identifiers to identify hotspots. (did a search on their site using google's "site:" parameter)

Of course they use the NAS.
And the IP …. and who knows what more.
I have the technical doc from these guys http://www.passman-hotels.com/ (a portal operator in France) and their AP's are using VPN's.
Or maybe they use a Radius server build for their own needs. I can't tell (and they won't tell me ^^).

@j4nus:

Is there a way to specify the zone id ?
The zone id 80 (in place 2) would be a good match, so the captive portal would run on tcp/8080 which is usually allowed (at least to connect a proxy).

Using "8080" (http), it can be done.
The dumb solution : create a portal zone. You'll see the port number increments. Continue creating until you reached '8080' for your http.
Now, wipe all preceding zones.
Or:
The smart one : create a zone. Test drive it. Stop captive portal. Edit your config.xml (the captive portal is easy to find, change the ID (which will be added to 8000)). Save. Start portal. Check.

Thanks jimp! Will look into that.

EDIT: Will FreeRADIUS do the trick? I see you can assign users a VLAN…

Wow, thanks for the quick reply and fix :)

Ohh i am a new to it soo i need some help. it would be great if some can help ok i need my log out page to display some things one is username of the logined in account second is the mac address third how much data the user used
im am doing in a vmware soo till now no issue i dont know coding so hope you guys can help me out i modified a templet so dont think i designed it .. i have a issue in firefox also i need it to display it not like a pop up in firefox showing this network  requires you to login can any one help me out whit this too will test with chrome also hope it show without any issue

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thanks a lot for your help
Excuse me for my english

It's retrieved here https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/master/src/usr/local/captiveportal/index.php#L39
Up to you to 'hard code' it ;)

Does this show you :
[2.3.4-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.brit-hotel-fumel.net]/root: ps ax | grep 'prune'
15442  -  Is      0:00.00 /usr/local/bin/minicron 60 /var/run/cp_prunedb_cpzone1.pid /etc/rc.prunecaptiveportal cpzone1
15733  -  S        0:01.28 minicron: helper /etc/rc.prunecaptiveportal cpzone1 (minicron)
79162  0  S+      0:00.00 grep prune
(show here what it show you, do not say : yes - don't paste images of what you see, copy-paste the lines)

[2.3.4-RELEASE][root@LAN-GW.lan]/etc: ps ax | grep prune
31149  -  Is      0:00.00 /usr/local/bin/minicron 60 /var/run/cp_prunedb_client.pid /etc/rc.prunecaptiveportal client
31312  -  I      0:00.18 minicron: helper /etc/rc.prunecaptiveportal asiakkaat (minicron)
31143  0  S+      0:00.00 grep prune

So as you can see it is running. And i guess my problem really is that the DHCP lease time is less than captive portal idle timeout. Confusing that CP idle timeout is in minutes and DHCP lease in seconds.

But yeah, im ok with vi, ssh and cli. But not good with coding, so the php is too complex for me.

I used a portal idle timeout to great effect at a hotel. I only wanted them to be bothered by the portal once - even on a multi-day stay. I used an 18-hour idle timeout and a shorter DHCP lease time. I just made sure that the dhcp pool was large enough to accommodate the device churn through the property so the same lease was always available to give back to a device until they were long gone. As soon as the device left the property for 18 hours, the dhcp lease and the portal entry were both history.

I was thinking about the same thing. Only once bothered, perhaps every 24 hours.
I guess i just have to change the netmask to something larger first.

Thanks alot. I'll see how the tweaking of DHCP and idle timeout affects :)