<![CDATA[Why not Alias in captive portal?]]>Hi, why we can not use alias in the captive portal rules like in the firewall. This can be usefull for allowed ips and hosts.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/32114/why-not-alias-in-captive-portalRSS for NodeWed, 22 Jul 2026 14:48:31 GMTMon, 28 Mar 2011 18:43:51 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Why not Alias in captive portal? on Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:00:36 GMT]]>Aliases are strictly in pf, captive portal is in ipfw.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/272554https://forum.netgate.com/post/272554Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:00:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why not Alias in captive portal? on Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:28:02 GMT]]>Well, for example in my case i have a vpn in a box with captive portal, if i need to monitor the access points from outside i need to put a ip allowed rule for all ips.

But ok, i thought that was because the system of the firewall and captive portal differs

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/272528https://forum.netgate.com/post/272528Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:28:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Why not Alias in captive portal? on Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:03:03 GMT]]>Because nobody has seen the need for it and noone has pushed it, yet.

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