Captive portals are most commonly deployed on wireless hotspots, hotels, airports, business offices. Click on the EDIT icon on the captive portal zone. Ensure that the web page is named portal.
Two additional pages for handling authentication and logout events also have to be created. We have prepared a starter project that you can download and setup the custom captive portal login page. Skip to content. On the main captive portal page there are a number of other settings you can adjust to customize how the portal functions.
Below are the descriptions for some of the settings I think are useful. If you are running a captive portal system then you are most likely sharing a single internet connection with multiple users.
If so then I recommend configuring pfSense to act as a transparent proxy server to conserve internet bandwidth. You might also want to consider setting up traffic shaping to further improve the performance of your shared connection.
Traffic shaping can prevent users downloading files from abusing the bandwidth. Content is for informational or entertainment purposes only and does not substitute for personal counsel or professional advice in business, financial, legal, or technical matters. Can pfsense's captive portal work without the internet? I would like to create a new free connection to the immediate neighbors but not have any connections to the internet.
Can this be done? Has anyone integrate pfsense captive portal with Fidelio Opera for hotel Wifi Service? Hi, i am trying to configure a captive portal on a vmware, but it does not work , and i think the problem is because the DHCP is not enabled. I'm trying to configure authentication with ldap but when i authenticate with the via the diagnostic option i don't a get a group to name to it , I'm unable to figure it.
A little help would be appreciated. I'm current using PFSense to authenticate the user in the network but I still have a problem:. I have been spending a lot of time trying to use the pre-authentication method but without success. Hello, Thanks you! Nice post! I have a question. Its posible to authenticate using oauth protocol? You know any other product to do it? Should I add a code to index.
This information was very useful for me. But just wanted to know something more on this. What if the user are connected through pfSense login page,and disconnected in few min.. Any solution for this??
Thank you for the speedy response! That was just the solution I needed! A thank you is simply not enough. May I buy you a beer, or a coffee? Please point me to your donation page. I volunteered to build the network my very first of which will not affect my GPA for a non-profit using donated computers and on a shoestring budget. In less than 24 from now, we will go live! Netgate Logo Netgate Docs. Previous Captive Portal. Note A zone may have multiple interfaces, but an interface may only be a member of one zone.
Do note, this is in Kilobits as they represent speeds of the internet access. I would not recommend doing as they are other ways to achieve restrictions as well as prioritizing traffics within the pfsense. Use custom captive portal page — A good one to use knowing you have knowledge in coding and customizing the portal of your choice. Otherwise, the default page comes handy in the new pfsense release.
Authentication method — A better explanatory is given within the option itself. However, when using Use an Authentication backend option, be sure to either add the local users to captive portal login access or simply create a group with the privilege.
I chose to create a group with the privilege, which makes it easier and all I have to do is add the users to the group for access. Refer to my article on creating windows authentication for better understanding.
HTTPS server name — it is ideal to simply give the firewall name with no other domain details included. This will avoid unnecessary redirects. This can be played around with MITM man in the middle attacks, however, everything is a risk. If sitting on a public, you may do so. These settings will fairly get your captive portal up and running without errors.
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