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Question

WAP that forces WiFi Hotspot users to download mobile app

Mar 29, 2017 7:02AM PDT

Is there any way that a hotspot will allow us to force WiFi users to download our mobile app so they can continue to use internet in our locations?

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Re: force
Mar 29, 2017 7:30AM PDT

Well, in most hotels they force you into a browser to enter your token for the day. So I assume that the same principle can be used for other things you can do with a browser. That's a question for the company that wrote the hotspot software.

If I visit your location with my Windows 7 laptop, a mobile app (be it Android, iOS or Windows 10) is rather useless. So do I understand correctly that cutting Windows 7 users off from your Internet is by design?

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not for laptop/pc use
Mar 30, 2017 2:10AM PDT

The hotspot will be provided for users at a public place such as a concert hall, for people who are attending a music event - so the chance of a person bringing it's laptop/pc is really low. The point is to do it for people who are using there smartphones at the music festival.

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Re: hotspot
Mar 30, 2017 2:19AM PDT

Then it's clear: you have to ask the owner of the concert hall (or whatever location the event is) if he can enable it in his hotspot. If enough users ask it in enough locations, there's a good chance the maker of the hotspot will add it to the features of their software.