How Sputnik Works
How to get started with Sputnik.
Sign up for a SputnikNet Account.
Purchase a SputnikNet Account from Sputnik's online store. There is a $49.95 setup fee. Name your account after your business.
Sputnik will email you login and password information so that you can start using your new SputnikNet account.
Design captive portals.
Use web standards (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to create captive portal login pages that reflect your brand.
Reinforce your brand experience with walled garden sites (web sites that can be viewed before customers log in), welcome pages (pages that customers see after they log in), session monitor windows (optional popup windows that display time online to users and enable them to log out), and more.
Set up authentication systems, network policies, and media (beta).
SputnikNet enables you to configure a wide range of authentication systems, network policies, and media systems. You have full control over free, fee-based, advertising supported, roaming-based, or mixed Wi-Fi business models. Sputnik does not take a cut of your Wi-Fi revenues.
Plug Sputnik-powered devices into broadband internet.
The first time you plug a Sputnik-powered device into broadband, and associate with it, it displays a page asking for the name of your SputnikNet account. Once entered, your Sputnik-powered device connects to your SputnikNet account over the internet, downloads its provisioning information, and is ready to go.
Apply captive portals, authentication systems, and policies to Sputnik-powered devices.
Apply your captive portals to one or many Sputnik-powered devices across your network. Apply one or more authentication systems, network policies, and media systems to your captive portals and Sputnik-powered devices. You have full control over the user experience and business models, which you can vary by site. No other system comes close to offering SputnikNet's flexibility and control.
Authenticate users on your branded Wi-Fi network.
Users sign in via captive portal or click-through page. You can ask them to agree to terms of service, pay for access, sign up for a user account, or simply click through for advertising-supported Wi-Fi.
Manage your network over the web.
You have complete visibility into every Sputnik-powered WI-Fi access point on your network. You can remotely manage Sputnik-powered devices, track subscribers, terminate bandwidth hogs, identify network bottlenecks-- all securely, over the web.