Beginner trying to setup a captive portal
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Hello everyone,
I'm an absolute beginner to all of this and in need of some guidance. What I'm looking to do is setup a Wi-Fi network that pushes connected users to a captive portal. pfSense seems to be a great option and I am now looking at what hardware I need to buy to get started.
At the moment I only need something that works (for prototyping the experience) and I'm looking at this:
Firewall micro appliance with 2x Gigabit Intel LAN Ports for pfSense with 2GB RAM / 16GB mSATA
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KLEI1MI/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1Ubiquiti Networks Unifi 802.11ac Dual-Radio PRO Access Point (UAP-AC-PRO-US)
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015PRO512/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1Do I need anything else to get started? Is it as simple as this + setup/config with the software?
Thanks!
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A managed switch that supports 802.1q ( POE+ would be a bonus ) if you require multiple wireless networks & APs.
Check out https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=124407.msg688249#msg688249
I use a Linksys LGS308P.
You can put the captive portal on the Ubiquity equipment, the AC Lite is cheaper but im not sure of the power requirements.
If your just prototyping maybe a SG-1000 as it includes pfSense Gold, a $99 value.
https://netgate.com/products/sg-1000.html
