Built in Captive Portal routers?

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I'm looking for a lower end (under ~$200) router that has built in captive portal capabilites..ease of setup is key here...no firmware updates etc.

does anyone know if the ASUSWRT routers will do this?

Thanks in advance!
 
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Some people have hacked dd-wrt images to partially make this work but a router just does not have the ability to do something like this. It would need disk to store userids/passwords or other authentication methods. A number of routers will forward the traffic to a external server but I don't know of any that can do it directly.

Your best bet is a small pc with a free firewall like pfsense loaded on it.

If you really want a router that can do this you can get cisco commercial routers that has a very primitive version of this called lock and key. To get it for $200 you would have to get older used equipment.
 
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Ok maybe captive portal isn't what I'm looking for, it will be an open network with no username/password. Really what I need is just a splash screen when someone connects and first uses their browser. DNS redirect on a router?
 
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There are several cheap routers that can do this including TP-LINK TL-WR843ND, TL-MR3040 and ASUS WL-330NUL. However, I have only used TP-LINK TL-WR843ND and it works perfectly. You login on the splash page using any of your connected devices and the other connected devices access the internet seamlessly. Should cost less than $30
 
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Take a look at this. It does everything except generate passwords on a continuous basis. You have to preload a few of them using a windows computer, (blech). Otherwise, it's dummy proof. (Which is what I am using it for soon), a small karaoke place whose owner will probabaly never know anyting about comptuers.: http://usemynet.com/wi-fi-hotspot-pro



 
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