[Web4lib] Creating Splash Screen for Patrons Using Library's Wireless

[Gilman, Mark]

Hi,

I believe the term of art you need to search on for info is "captive
portal": 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal

Regards,
Mark Gilman

http://dallaslibrary.org
Dallas Public Library
Dallas, TX

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Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:41:27 -0400
From: "Calvin Fenton" <cfenton at nyma.org>
Subject: [Web4lib] Creating Splash Screen for Patrons Using Library's
	Wireless
To: <web4lib at webjunction.org>
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Our school library has just installed a wireless router to provide our
high school students free WEB access on their personal laptops while in
the library. (Our library also has several hard-wired PACs for patron
use.) The router is connected to the school's LAN. Is there a way to
create a splash screen (stating use policy, etc.) that automatically
pops up when students open the browser on their laptops?

Thanks.

Calvin Fenton
Librarian/Archivist
New York Military Academy
78 Academy Avenue
Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY  12520
http://www.nymacadets.net/index.htm