At many of our sites, we currently utilize Cisco WLC and Access Points. Our objective is to implement a guest captive portal system with a sponsor feature. Essentially, guests would input their details, including a sponsor email address, to request access. The sponsor would then approve access via email.
While Meraki documentation indicates that the guest captive portal operates exclusively through wireless connections, we are exploring the possibility of configuring a guest SSID on our Cisco WLC and utilizing a Meraki device as the default gateway. In this setup, the Meraki device would present the guest captive portal interface via its wired/LAN connection. Once access is approved, users would be able to connect to the internet through the Meraki device.
This configuration resembles the functionality offered by other guest captive portal solutions like Picopoint. We want to leverage this approach to integrate the desired guest access features seamlessly into our existing infrastructure.
