I don't know about making a web page per se, but if you use a linksys router, then check with Cisco. They have some software (Perfigo) that will allow you to do a check for id, authentication and billing that you might be able to use. It doesn't have to be Cisco or linksys, just one that I know. Sorry, I don't know if there is a free version of this but, since it's a hotel, there might be some software that is relatively inexpensive that you can use. Then, you would get an authentication page which you could design for your own purposes. The hotel might like to have some authentication, in any case, which could be a password they give the guests at checkin to make sure nobody outside is using their bandwidth.
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I was just suggesting that if you wanted authentication you could do it, however, my point was that you could use the authentication page for your info page, with the authentication being optional.
It appears from your research on Linksys that these cheap routers won´t do the job you want, however, I´m not so sure you need the router itself to do it. But let´s skip that just now and go a little further with the hardware. First, a caveat, I´m not technical enough on the particulars of this to give you a definitive answer without some research, but I´m going to try and lead you in the right direction. I work with wireless infrastructure and the last mile bit is just an adjunct to what I do, so I know just enough about it to be dangerous.
1. Since Linksys equipment won´t do the job, check with Cisco on one of their access points. These are going to be a lot more expensive, though. BUT, they may be able to give you the info you want so that you can approach other, less expensive vendors that have better solutions IYKWIM...
2. There are many manufacturers of APs that might offer exactly what you want, so don´t just go with Cisco, which is one of the more expensive. All of these vendors use chip sets made by only a handful of chip manufacturers worldwide, so the choice is really not that big, technology wise. The software to make it work, however, is widely different.
3. I think there is a better way to do this.
Now, I´m of the opinion that you don´t need to upload a page of information to the router to do what you want to do. You just need a server connected to the router that anyone wanting to sign in (normally authenticate, but in your case, maybe just an open sign-in page that you can take over for your purposes) gets when he picks up the network on his notebook or whatever. This would be very simple to implement given the right path to do so.
The Perfigo solution that I gave you is just an example of what you can do, although I don´t know how to get there, as I´m not hands on enough.
However, if they can do the authentication page, which is an example of what you are driving at, then you can do the same thing without having to buy an expensive software solution, depending on your skillset.
Let me know how this progresses. If you can´t get a handle on it, I´m interested enough to help you research it, although I don´t have the time at the present moment. But I am very interested in what you find out. Good luck...
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Glad to help and glad you got a solution to your question. There are hundreds of these guys around and I think with some more research you could find a way to do it for free. I also still think you could probably come up with a way to do it on the cheapo routers like Linksys and the like...
Happy hunting... :mrgreen:
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