Facebook Check-In Redirection

[DanielPatrick]

We have a Mikrotik router and would like to make them redirect to our Facebook login page where people would check-in if they wanted to use the Internet from that place. This could be a good possibility for free advertising.

Let me explain better what I mean with the below steps.

1. User connects to our Wi-Fi.
2. User is automatically redirected to our company's Facebook page.
3. User likes our Facebook page and is redirected to Google or Facebook.
4. User can now use the Internet.

By any chance, does anyone know how this could be done perhaps?

 

[Agent Smith]

Your router needs to support a captive portal.

 

[DanielPatrick]

Ok, I see. But, if it does then how can it be done? I'd appreciate if someone can maybe give me a link to a website where everything is explained on it.

 

[Geoff]

Directions on setting this up are dependent on what wireless vendor you choose to go with. Many enterprise solutions already include Facebook WiFi captive portals with wizards to guide you through it. For MikroTik it looks like what you want to use is their "Hotspot" feature. If you Google "MicroTik router hotspot configuration" I saw several guides.