Hotspot Login; Hotspot Logout; Hotspot Usage Information; Ddwrt Integration - HotSpotEngine router Manual

Getting Started Guide (v.1.2) http://www.hotspotengine.com

3.2.Hotspot login

To connect to the internet, user must login to the captive portal, by opening any website
using any browser. By accepting all certificates prompted, user will be redirected to the
login page. Enter a valid user name and password and the user will be able to access the
internet. If pop up blocker is not activated, a pop up window will appear showing the
usage statistic of the user, and a link to logout page.

3.3.Hotspot logout

To logout, click on the logout button on the pop up window, or by performing an
alternative logout. For alternative logout detailed information, read alternative logout
section at this document.

3.4.Hotspot usage information

To view usage information of the current user, click the manage/refill account at the
hotspot login page. Alternatively, the page can be opened at http://status/ using a web
browser.

3.5.DDWRT Integration

To integrate hotspotengine with DDWRT there are 2 ways to perform this :
Turn DDWRT/WRT54XX into Regular AP/non routing
The trick is to make sure DHCP server on ddwrt is turned OFF in the router/access point
so that your wired/wireless clients get IPs from your Hotspotengine and use HE's captive
portal. There are more details on the DD-WRT wiki but the main idea is that you set the
WAN to "Disabled", Disable DHCP, and plug the AP into your network using one of the
LAN ports instead of the WAN port (or use the "Assign WAN Port to Switch" feature).
You can actually do this with basically any Wireless router without DD-WRT using the
same basic steps (disable DHCP, plug into LAN instead of WAN). In addition please
visit the following url :
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Wireless_Access_Point
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