This is a huge problem with MDU units also that use an authentication system. One option is to give them a wireless CPE they can plug into at the front desk like Linksys device or an Airrouter preprogrammed as an AP in router mode. The second option is to simply have them send you the mac address so you can manually authenticate it. The third option is to hand out static IP addresses that will bypass the auth system that they can use while they are there, pre-print them on some cards. When the front desk runs out of cards, you assign new and different ones. It’s not so frequent that it matters.
Rory From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nate Burke Sent: Friday, March 18, 2016 4:44 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Hotspots and Game Systems Just got off the phone with Hotel Management getting one bypassed through the hotspot authentication. Apparently people bring their gaming systems to hotels. I guess could make up a big laminated sheet with a Static IP Addresses that's bypassed in the hotspot setup, then they would have to manually enter that in and it would be bypassed. When they called me, the guest had already entered in the hotel WAN IP into the xbox, (I guess they got it from another device that was connected) but didn't know the subnet or Gateway. The initial call was 'Give me the Gateway address for a guest to use' before I could figure out what they were actually trying to do. On 3/18/2016 6:38 PM, Josh Reynolds wrote: Is this something you run into frequently? I had no idea this was a thing. On Mar 18, 2016 6:37 PM, "Nate Burke" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: For those of you doing hotels, or anything with a Hotspot portal page. How do you handle people who want to hook up gaming systems? From what I understand, you can't open a browser unless it can connect to the <gaming> network, so it will never be able to click the 'accept' button on the proxied webpage. Do you manually enter in IP Addresses, or bypass MAC's, or just outlaw them alltogether?
