Configuring Captive Portals With a Cloud Service

摘要

Embodiments provision captive portals on network access points (NAPs). In response to a request from a NAP owner, a cloud service associates a NAP with the NAP owner and provides a control channel for configuring the NAP. The NAP owner inputs configuration settings describing the captive portal. The cloud service processes the configuration settings to generate configuration data. The cloud service transmits the configuration data to the NAP. The NAP applies the configuration data to configure the NAP. Some embodiments configure Wi-Fi hotspots with captive portals for gated access to the Internet.

主权项

1. A system for provisioning a captive portal associated with a network access point (NAP), said system comprising:
a memory area associated with a cloud service, said memory area storing a correlation between a NAP owner identifier and at least one NAP, the NAP implementing the captive portal to provide access to a network; and a processor programmed to:
receive a request from a NAP owner device to configure a NAP, the request including the NAP owner identifier;receive, from the NAP owner device via a control channel, configuration settings for the captive portal, the configuration settings including usage rules;process the received configuration settings to generate configuration data for the NAP;transmit the generated configuration data to the NAP, the NAP applying the transmitted configuration data to configure the NAP;monitor network traffic from a plurality of users through the captive portal; andenforce the usage rules against the plurality of users based on the monitored network traffic.