Walled Gardens with Allow/Accept Policies

Log into SputnikNet, then navigate to network policies overview.

To create a walled garden policy, click on "Network Policies" from the "CONFIG" menu.

Add a new network policy.

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Click on "Define New Network Policy" from the Network Policies menu.

Configure a walled garden policy.

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Fill out the following fields to create a walled garden policy:

- Name: name your policy
- Action: select "Allow/Accept"
- Protocol: select "TCP"
- Match destination hostname: enter the domain name of the site you want to allow access to before authentication
- Is Dynamic: check the box if the IP address of the site is subject to change, and select an expiration interval
- Match Destination IP or Network/Netmask: as an alternative to a destination hostname, you can provide the IP address
- TCP or UDP Port: enter "80" (for web traffic)

Click "Add Policy" to save your settings.

Review your walled garden policy.

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Your new walled garden policy will appear in the network policy list.

Apply your walled garden policy to captive portals; apply your captive portals to a Sputnik-powered devices.

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Select "Captive Portals" from the "CONFIG" menu, then click on the name of the captive portal you want to edit. Click on "Walled Garden and Authentication" from the "Captive Portal Properties" menu. Click the checkbox next to the name of the walled garden policy you want to apply. Click "Update" to save your settings.

Click on "Routers" from the "CONFIG" menu, click on the name of the Sputnik-powered device ("router") that you want to apply the captive portal to, then select the captive portal from the "Portal" pop-up list. Click "Save Settings" to do just that.

Users can visit your walled garden before they authenticate.

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Users can view your walled garden before they authenticate - for example your menu of the day. This is also a way to insert dynamic content from another site, such as a sponsor promotion, into the captive portal page.

Network policy chain.

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In this example, users log into the Sputnik-powered device named "Gourmet Store E50" through the "Gourmet Selections" captive portal, which applies the "Gourmet Selections Walled Garden" policy to all authenticated users.