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Walled garden not working as expected

njabi

Hi folks,

I want to use my Hotspot based on vouchers where I can force a number of clients to automatically skip entering a voucher key.

Running v18.0.4 I see an option in 'Hotspot settins' named 'Walled Garden' where help section tells me:

To specify networks that can be accessed by users who do not pass authentication, click Add new item, select networks or hosts, and click Apply.

I tried with fixed MAC-Adress and fixed IP-Adress (while reserved this on the DHCP for a specific client), but after connecting to the hotspot the voucher still needs to be entered before accessing desired network ressources.

Any suggestions?



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    After a deeper research on this case I figured out a misunderstanding of walled garden function.

    in 'walled garden' you are able to specify hosts or networks that can be accessed from hosts connecting to the hotspot without entering a voucher/password or accept agreement.
    My understanding was: You can add specific hosts by giving e.g. MAC-addresses which are still able to reach any desired network ressource (WAN) without entering the voucher/...

    In addition to this I found out: If you have devices connected to a hotspot wifi they will be able to connect to each other, no matter if they even entering the captive portal site or not - this feels logical to me because they are connected to the same subnet. If you have the client-isolation on the wifi'ssettings enabled this won't work!

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    After a deeper research on this case I figured out a misunderstanding of walled garden function.

    in 'walled garden' you are able to specify hosts or networks that can be accessed from hosts connecting to the hotspot without entering a voucher/password or accept agreement.
    My understanding was: You can add specific hosts by giving e.g. MAC-addresses which are still able to reach any desired network ressource (WAN) without entering the voucher/...

    In addition to this I found out: If you have devices connected to a hotspot wifi they will be able to connect to each other, no matter if they even entering the captive portal site or not - this feels logical to me because they are connected to the same subnet. If you have the client-isolation on the wifi'ssettings enabled this won't work!

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