Captive Portal Failed when pfSense Updated to 2.3

benpal

Hello everyone,

Though I've used pfSense for quite some time - I just enrolled in this forum today.

I need help.

My problem with the captive portal occurs when I upgraded to pfSense 2.3.

It failed to continue accessing the internet after clients enter authentication requirements, e.g. user name and passwords and or voucher codes.
It is stuck to this page in the web browser: x.x.x.x:8002/index.php?zone=captiveportal
It has also failed to show the authentication error page when authentications requirements are not met.

Much that I like the captive portal features of pfSense, however I am in need of help to address the problem after the upgrade.

I have been using captive portal vouchers to allow our students to use the internet.

TIA.

heper

make sure all the required hidden fields are in your (custom) portal/error page.
on 2.3 the required fields are shown in the example on the configuration page / you can also see the contents of your current pages

benpal

Thanks sir,

I believed I followed the default form requirements.

Here's the code:

<form method="post" action="$PORTAL_ACTION$">

Enter username and password here:

Username:

Password:

</form>

<form method="post" action="$PORTAL_ACTION$">

For students, please enter your voucher code here:

Voucher:

<footer>

Voucher codes are limited to one hour of internet access.

Code issuance is once in a day.

Voucher codes can be requested here or from the Internet Laboratory assistants.

</footer>

</form>

heper

try adding

benpal

Thank you sir heper…

It's working now.

Gertjan

When having issues like this, save your actual 'hand made' html pages and use the default 'pfsense' ones.
When things suddenly start to work, you know where to look for ;)