how to open to my homepage every time connected to internet ?

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bh_hensem

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Hi..

I want display my homepage for every time i connected to internet via phone or broadband. As example, every time i connected into internet, my homepage (www.baharin.com) will be display on the internet explorer even the default homepage set as www.google.com. Its will be skip the default homepage setting.

Is there any software i can download or how could i do that ?

Thank you,
 
Hi..

Thanks for your reply.. it is not like that..

Actually, I want to setup a wireless on my cafe, so every time my customer connected to my wireless, my homepage will be display on our customer computer at the first screen.. How could i do that ?..
 
so when people connect to your wireless at your cafe' the home page is your page not their one they have set?
 
I can foresee one serious issue - anyone logging in and finding your homepage will think that you are monitoring all traffic. I can see why you may want to do it (advertising in return for the service you are providing) but it does not seem a good idea to me.
 
Captive Portal

I believe what you are looking for is Captive Portal and this is very common.
Hotels use it so the customer must log in with a password supplied by the hotel.
Free wifi hotspots like coffee shops, cafes etc use it to advertise, often no password is required just a "Click here to continue" button
If you search Captive Portal you will find paid, free and open source solutions.
Note: With Captive Portal you are not hijacking (redirecting) the customer's homepage (that would be nasty) you are putting a splashscreen between the customer and the internet.

Captive Portal is so common I doubt many of your customers will think you are spying but customers do tend to see the splashscreen as an inconvenience and go past it as quickly as possible usually without reading much of the page at all, this defeats the purpose of having the splashscreen.
So, I suggest an easy, simple and friendly solution I have seen in some coffee shops and cafes.
Assign a password to your wifi router then put the password on your cafe menu and/or business card, use a sticker so when you periodically change the password on your router you can change it on your menu and/or business card.
Now you have given your customers free wifi and they must look at your menu or business card, eveyone is happy :)
 
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