Wireless Access

I have a small remote office which requires 5 APs. I'd rather not put a single controller due to cost and was thinking about Instant APs.  The problem is that I need to have a captive portal page in which people can sign in. Additionally, there needs to be at least two user groups for pool who login.  Can Instant AP support this?

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@jacobuecker wrote:

I have a small remote office which requires 5 APs. I'd rather not put a single controller due to cost and was thinking about Instant APs.  The problem is that I need to have a captive portal page in which people can sign in. Additionally, there needs to be at least two user groups for pool who login.  Can Instant AP support this?

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When you say "two user groups per pool" how do you want that to function?

I am assuming you already have a controller; what is the bandwidth between the main office and the remote office?  Does the remote office have its own internet connection?

Yes, there's a VPN connection between the main site and the remote site.  There will be a controller there but I don't want the user data traffic to flow through the controller due to bandwidth constraints.  What I'd like is guests to authenticate using an account and only be good for a day.  Other accounts will be good for 30days or so.  

Have you looked in to split-tunnel mode for the remote office insead of using IAP? I have several clients doing a split tunnel so the traffic does not flow through the controller unless it needs to go back to the site with the controller.