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    Connect pfSense to wifi hotspot with login

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      ziggy99
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      I have a small LAN that I use for some adhoc Minecraft LAN parties:

      router (DHCP) –-- switch ---- 10 clients

      I want to enable internet access to my clients by doing this:

      ISP –- pfSense --- router (DHCP) ---- switch ---- 10 clients

      The issue is that the ISP is really a Wifi hotspot with a web page used to log on with username and password.

      Can I (by adding Wifi options to an pfSense appliance) connect to this wifi hotspot and share this internet connection with my LAN?

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        firewalluser
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        Possibly havent dont it myself, check out this link as you might need to log into the wifi login page from a computer  behind pfsense before you can get pfsense to connect properly. pfSense would have a wifi dongle/modem on its wan interface.
        https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Accessing_modem_from_inside_firewall

        pfsense can also do the dhcp if you wanted to go for this type of setup.
        ISP –- pfSense ---  switch ---- 10 clients

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