Captive portal guest Wi-Fi best practices

Published Apr 4, 2024 • Updated May 1, 2026

Overview

Guest Wi-Fi should not become open door to printing and file shares.

Design

VLAN isolated with internet-only ACL; rate limits; short DHCP leases.

Legal splash pages

Acceptable use text per counsel; log retention policy posted.

Ops

Rotate PSK if shared; better—unique sponsor codes per visitor day.

Monitoring

Alert on DHCP exhaustion from noisy events.

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