Captive Portal with Connectify Hotspot

What is a Captive Portal?

• A captive portal is a web page accessed with a web browser that is displayed to newly connected users of a Wi-Fi network before they are granted broader access to network resources. Captive portals are commonly used to present a landing or log-in page which may require authentication, payment, acceptance of an end-user license agreement or an acceptable use policy, or other valid credentials that both the host and user agree to adhere by. Captive portals are used for a broad range of mobile and pedestrian broadband services - including cable and commercially provided Wi-Fi and home hotspots. A captive portal can also be used to provide access to enterprise or residential wired networks, such as apartment houses, hotel rooms, and business centers.

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal

Can I share my internet that is connected to a Captive Portal using Connectify Hotspot?

• You can use Connectify Hotspot to share internet that is provided by a Captive Portal network. Connectify Hotspot is especially helpful on these types of networks. Some specific networks only allow a specific number of devices to be connected.

  Connectify Hotspot doesn't sign in to the portal for you, and it doesn't detect sign-in pages, so the connection can show as online in Connectify Hotspot before you have signed in. So:

  1. Connect your PC to the network, and complete the sign-in page in a browser on the PC.
  2. Check that websites load on the PC.
  3. In Connectify Hotspot, choose that network under Internet to share, leave Network access on Routed, and click Start hotspot.

  If your devices stop getting online later, the portal may have signed your PC out after a while. Sign in again on the PC.

  Read more about sharing a single hotel Wi-Fi here:

  https://support.connectify.me/article/125-how-can-i-share-a-hotel-s-single-wi-fi-connection-with-all-my-devices

Can Connectify Hotspot create a Captive Portal connection for its client devices?

• Unfortunately, we do not support creating a Captive Portal connection with Connectify Hotspot. That said, there are still a lot of features that Connectify Hotspot can provide to you! Read more about the benefits of Connectify Hotspot here:

  https://www.connectify.me/hotspot/