captive portal to collect user info without authentication for guests at a restaurtant
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Allowed IP Addresses
Allowed HostnamesThose can be accessed pre-authentication.
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hmmmmmm i just tried it but that seems to bypass the captive portal entirely.
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if you go directly to that URL yes.
You don't have a lot of choices here. Host stuff inside the portal or pass it pre-auth.
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@Derelict please excuse my ignorance but please advise on the below:
the portal is meant to show a HTML page witha simple form like this - http://mywifiportal.com/clients/Elea/
i have uploaded the HTML to the PFsense SG-3100 device - but i can only add the HTML - not the assets (images, scripts, CSS etc)
this portal posts the info to my email marketing service for the client.
the issue is ---- all the assets dont load becasue they dont have internet acces becasue they arent authenticated.
how can i get this portal page to be shown to users on the guest network and have their info pass to the hosted marketing solution.
i really appreciate your help on this matter pfsense is new to me.
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Assets uploaded here are available for use in your portal page.
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is there possibly a way to allow pre authention access out of the lan to an offsite address?
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@DeanB_NYTS said in captive portal to collect user info without authentication for guests at a restaurtant:
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DeanB_NYTS 6 minutes agois there possibly a way to allow pre authention access out of the lan to an offsite address?
Yes. Allowed IP addresses and Allowed hostnames as I already described.
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@DeanB_NYTS said in captive portal to collect user info without authentication for guests at a restaurtant:
way to allow pre authention access out of the lan to an offsite address?
Example :
On your captive portal login page, you could mention a "conditions" page that is hosted somewhere in the Internet.
I have a dedicated server running on the net with the web site of our company.So I :
<p><a href="https://www.some-site-on-the-web.tld/" class="linkExternal"><img src="captiveportal-nvx-logo.png" class="centerImage" alt="https://www.some-site-on-the-web.tld Logo" ></a></p>I added the some-site-on-the-web.tld URL to the allowed host name list :
This method can also be used for other type of services, like a remote database, what ever ...
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Hmmm interesting I'll have to try this today. I assumed that "allowed hostnames" was for device names for DNS filtering instead of IP address. I didn't know it could be used for urls!?
So for instance I have most of portal running locally now because another person showed me where I can locally load my assets into the netgate. So if I can just allow the user to fill in the form I then just need to get the authentication scripts from the default portal to also load when they hit the submit button to send there form info.
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@DeanB_NYTS said in captive portal to collect user info without authentication for guests at a restaurtant:
was for device names for DNS filtering instead of IP address. I didn't know it could be used for urls!?
URL (host names) or IP's : it's the same thing.
The only difference is that the URL (host names) will get resolved first.Read https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/captiveportal/captive-portal-troubleshooting.html first.
Now, use the mentioned ipfw commands (console or SSH access, option 8) and check he captive portals ipfw rules for yourself.
