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The router basically connects to the hotel wifi and all the requests go through the router. So, while the hotel wifi only sees one device (my glnet router appea
by navanchauhan 4y ago
The router basically connects to the hotel wifi and all the requests go through the router. So, while the hotel wifi only sees one device (my glnet router appears as a Samsung mobile), all the other devices connected to the router can identify each other.
I don’t remember what exactly you call this, bridge mode perhaps? Or AP repeater mode? I’m not too sure about the networking terms here
Edit: This comes in handy when you want to connect a device which is not capable of using the captive portal. That device can simply connect to your router. The router can connect to the Ethernet port or you can use its app/web interface to connect it to the WiFi network and proceed with the captive portal if needed
- macintux 4y agoI’ve been interested in building a custom router that I could use to automatically deal with a captive portal at a cabin I rent a few weeks each year, but I don’t think I’m ever going to get to it. How annoying is it to deal with captive portals?
- navanchauhan 4y agoI hate captive portals whenever I’m carrying a few pi zeros / esp32s to tinker with because I cannot directly connect them to the wifi. Rather than building your own I would highly suggest looking into Gl.Inet routers because they come pre flashed with OpenWRT and support handling captive portals
- guiambros 4y ago> How annoying is it to deal with captive portals? Zero issues. You go to your router's page, select the wifi (captive portal or not), and that's it. When you try to connect to an external site the captive portal will pop up, you authorize, and that's it. Moving forward any devices connected to your GLi router will have internet access (without requiring the captive portal on each device).