Recaptive

Recaptive is a cloud based captive portal or wireless LAN access point controller. It is used for authenticating users of a wireless and distributed LANs. It supports most of the common authentication mechanisms (username/password, one-time-pad, reusable tickets, shared secrets, etc).
It introduced the idea of Social WiFi, where a user can have free Internet access in exchange for a social actions, such as a "check-in", or liking a page, so that whoever is providing the free Internet connection can have a sensible benefit in offering a free service.
Recaptive is a cloud based solution commercially supported by Recaptive Limited.
Feature Summary
* Login via Facebook
* Automatic social "check-ins" from Customers
* Mandatory "Likes" on a Facebook page in order to get Free Internet Connection
* Detailed Reports about customers made using Facebook information (including friends and extended networks)
* Possibility to print tickets (One-time pad in a"Pay Per Ticket" business model) directly from the browser using Dymo label printers
* Assisted setup thanks to the cloud based infrastructure (all the configuration actions can be done online on an easy to use website)
* Customizable look and feel (logo, colors, welcome page, etc)
* Muti-shop, multi-network, multi-user
* Automatic SMS notification (for admin)
* Automatic SMS password notifications (for norma users)
* Set the maxium duration of each Connection
Architecture
Recaptive is a Cloud-based networking system made by different services running "on the cloud" (available through a web interface) and a small agent running locally as gateway on the local network.
The agent is written in Python (OpenSource) and it uses a set of free API to perform all the configurations. It runs on Linux and it available a standard RPM package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS version 6.
The agent is able to auto-configure everything it needs based on the provided online configurations, so that an admin doesn't have to login or do anything complex on the local gateway.

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