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Kalido's avatar
Kalido
Jan 02, 2020

Public Wifi with Captive portal redirect?

Hi Guys,   I was wondering if its possible to have the following setup?   Customer connects to wifi > traffic is directed to the load balancer where it will redirect the customer to a externa...
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Kalido's avatar
Kalido
Jan 02, 2020

I am not sure if I worded the beginning statement correctly,

 

When a guest connects to the Wifi they will be redirected to an external hosted captive portal which will authenticate the user using Radius so once they have created their account or logged in, they will then have full access to the internet on their mobile's or portable devices.

 

If they do not login or create an account they would not be able to browse the internet.

 

I have looked into APM captive portal but that doesn't seem like it would process the above request?

  • Niels_van_Sluis's avatar
    Niels_van_Sluis
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    Jan 03, 2020

    Yes, the example from clouddocs is just a captive portal on the BIG-IP itself. If you want to redirect authentication to an external hosted captive portal you might be able to use SAML. if the external hosted captive portal supports it. When it comes to iRules you can build about anything you can imagine. But you'll need the skills to build it yourself.