Re: Captive portal for suspended accounts

[Andrew Latham <lathama () gmail com>]

Steve, a captive portal for DCMA, billing and various other purposes is
very common. I would say it is almost a requirement for modern ISPs. How it
is done depends on vendors and such but you simply redirect customers to a
portal network based on an identifier like a MAC or Circuit.

On Mon, Sep 11, 2023 at 7:59 AM Steve Saner via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
wrote:

> We are a combination fiber and fixed wireless ISP with around 20k
> subscribers.
>
> Management is wanting to develop something along the lines of a captive
> portal for suspended accounts such that those customers are forced to a
> portal that allows them to make payment and get reactivated.
>
> This is a common thing for a cafe wifi hotspot or something, but has
> anyone here attempted to do it at this kind of scale who would be willing
> to share their experiences? If someone has successfully done this, I would
> love to pick your brain a bit to understand how you accomplished it.
>
> Thanks much.
>
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