You guys just gave me a feature request idea for unifi... On Mar 18, 2016 6:53 PM, "Rory Conaway" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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]> 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? > > >
