How to deploy?
Just download the latest precompiled .WAR file from here.
The password is: mojado
If you need an older version contact me or download it from your own account.
How the portal works
HTTP request
||>>By just typing in any website
User redirected to the captive portal
||>>By javascript
User fills in ticket number and lastname
||>>By a HTML form
Forms goes to proccess.java
________||
________||>>lastname and ticketnumber return 1 row? (lastname and ticketnumber combination is unique)
________|| Then continue
________|| else Tell the user the lastname and ticketnumber combination was not correct
________||
________||
________||>> Update Database (tell the database the user is using internet)
________|| Succes? return continue
________|| Failure? Tell the user someting went wrong
________||
________||>>Grand IP adress
________|| Succes? continue
________|| else update Database (tell the database the user is not using internet)
________|| Tell the user someting went wrong
________||
________||>>Everyting OK?
________|| Then show the user the loading.html page and The user is free to use the internet
________|| else Tell the user someting went wrong
This is how our captive portal in very global lines works.