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Customize hotspot

You can use templates to customize the captive portal for Wi-Fi hotspots.

Requirements

You must have already created an SSID and enabled the hotspot on it.

Create a custom captive portal

To create a custom captive portal for your hotspot, do as follows:

  1. Go to My Products > Wireless > SSID.
  2. Click the SSID you want to edit the hotspot for.

    Tip

    On AP6 series access points, you can also customize the hotspot locally on the access point UI. See Captive portal.

  3. Go to Advanced settings > Captive portal.

  4. Click the Template drop-down at the top of the page and select Custom.

    Note

    Sophos Central uses the default template unless you customize it.

  5. Enter a title for the captive portal.

  6. Enter welcome text that is displayed on the captive portal.
  7. (Optional) Define the terms of service users must agree to before connecting to the network.
  8. Click Customization preview to preview your captive portal page and customize the company logo and color.
  9. Under COMPANY LOGO, select the folder icon to upload a logo file from your local computer.

    Note

    Maximum file size is 1MB and the recommended dimensions of the image are 200x200 pixels.

  10. Under BACKGROUND-COLOR, you can select a color from the menu or enter the hex code in the field to the right of the menu.

    Tip

    You can see your changes in the preview on the right hand side.

  11. Click Save to save the captive portal options.

  12. Click Save to save the SSID settings.