Adding a User
Next, you need to add a username and password that is allowed to use the hotspot:
- Click the Users tab in the Services: Captive Portal screen, then click the
plus icon as shown in Figure 7.
Figure 7 Opting to add a new Captive Portal user.
- Enter a user name. For example, use a user name of customer with a password of ilovejava (see Figure 8). To reiterate, this username is the one that customers will use to authenticate as trusted users of your hotspot.
- Leave the Expiration Data blank and click Save.
Figure 8 Specify the username and password issue of the user you are creating.
- You'll need to manually provide your customers with the info of what username and password is required to use the hotspot. If you noticed, the login screen that I provided you with actually asks the user to visit the front desk for the username and password.
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My coffee shop owner friend has little pieces of paper with the connection info he printed for his customers. Customers seem to be comfortable with this approach.
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