Enabling All Users to Skip Captive Portal Login
How to enable all users to skip captive portal login, tracking sessions by MAC address. (If you want to enable specific users or devices to skip captive portal login, see "Authenticating Devices without Web Browsers".)
Navigate to the guest authentication system overview.
Log into SputnikNet and click on "Guests" from the Authentication menu. Or simply click "Authentication" to start with a generic authentication system which you can configure as a guest authentication system.
Add a new guest authentication system.
Click on "Add New Authentication System" to do just that.
Name your new guest authentication system.
For more information on basic authentication system settings, see the online documentation chapter titled "Creating a new Authentication System".
Configure guest authentication settings.
Check "Allow DHCP login?" to enable all users to bypass captive portal authentication. (DHCP is the process that assigns IP addresses to client devices, providing them with network access.) NOTE: user sessions will still be tracked by MAC address, enabling you to spot squatters or bandwidth hogs.
Add a new captive portal.
While you can apply the authentication system directly to Sputnik-powered devices ("routers"), we recommend that you apply it to a captive portal instead. Then apply the captive portal to one ore more Sputnik-powered devices. This will give you more flexibility to change your business model in the future.
Select "Captive Portals" from the CONFIG menu, then click the "Add New Captive Portal" to do just that. This captive portal will never be seen, so there is no reason to edit its content.
Apply the guest authentication system to the captive portal, then apply the captive portal to Sputnik-powered devices.
Apply the guest authentication system to the captive portal, then apply your captive portal to one or more Sputnik-powered devices ("routers"). Test your authentication by associating with the router. You will be logged in automatically.
Test your DHCP-based authentication in SputnikNet.
Log into SputnikNet to see your active session, which will be tracked by MAC address. Similarly, SputnikNet provides complete reporting of all client activity by MAC address.