If the ad is blocked by a pop-up blocker the user sees an empty page with a link to the ad and has to click on the link before he can continue on to the the requested page.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Hendry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 1:28 PM Subject: RE: [WISPA] The Mikrotik "Advertisement" Feature > I'll see what I can do but it's only in the lab at present. I'm not sure a > public address would be any help as it relies on all your web traffic being > transparently proxied through the MT. Once a pre-defined timer expires the > MT would then send a pop-up to the end users when they next request (at > least I think that's the theory). It should also block all traffic until the > end user has seen the advert so I'm wondering if this would have problems > with users running pop-up blockers. John? > > Cheers, > > P. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John Scrivner > Sent: 18 April 2006 13:18 > To: WISPA General List > Subject: Re: [WISPA] The Mikrotik "Advertisement" Feature > > I know this would be a bunch of work but can you either send us some > screen shots of this in action or possibly give a public address to the > hotspot side so we can see what this feature looks like in action? I > would really like to see the ad feature running and I am having trouble > visualizing exactly what it is doing. > Many thanks, > Scriv > > > Paul Hendry wrote: > > >Aha, now I see it. Never use Winbox so missed the option but now see it on > >the CLI too. Are there issues with this and pop-up blockers at all? > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: 18 April 2006 09:36 > >To: WISPA General List > >Subject: Re: [WISPA] The Mikrotik "Advertisement" Feature > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Paul Hendry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> > >Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 12:01 AM > >Subject: [WISPA] The Mikrotik "Advertisement" Feature > > > > > > > > > >>I have recently been playing with the Hotspot side of Mikrotik which seems > >>to work well. I had a look through the manual which suggests you should be > >>able to re-direct people every now and again to advertisements but it > >>doesn't actually explain how this is done. It looks to be done through the > >>transparent proxy. Anyone tried this? > >> > >> > > > >Yes, it works with the transparent proxy. > > > >Just go to 'IP > HotSpot > User > Profiles > Profile Name >Advertise' in > >Winbox. > > > > > > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.3/316 - Release Date: 17/04/2006 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.3/316 - Release Date: 17/04/2006 > > > -- > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
