There is a way to make open wifi with Facebook wifi adoption?
I have unifi AP and there is a option but I would need a unifi router which I don't want :)
I have a small business and Facebook WIfi would be nice
Posted Jun 4, 2022, 9:37 PM UTC
It doesn't say that you need a Unifi Router for it to work.
It doesn't, but when I set up the open wifi with Facebook integration and also setup pfsense VLAN for it it's nothing happens. I got open wifi with an internet connection but no joy with Facebook check-in
Don't let zukkerbitch into your network and allow them to track your customers
Just wow 😮 nc
Change my mind...
On its face, it seems that "open wifi with facebook" means take the Facebook-WIFI service and man in the middle it so that you can use it as a service provider?
For legit use, why not just setup a Guest/DMZ with your AP and let your customers use that? Why venture into the Facebook space (beyond their branding and trust). Its meant to be a "the customer trusts facebook" solution.
That said, if you use hotspot, you can wrap it around facebook it seems.
https://www.hotspotsystem.com/free-hotspot-social
The Facebook Wi-Fi option increases engagement on Facebook because it has the user check in at the business and then redirects them to the businesses facebook page after authenticating. It also adds the business to the list of places listed in Facecbook as having free Wi-Fi which potentially drives more foot traffic to your business
WiFi that isn’t really free. Good way to get me not to use your WiFi and perhaps even your business.
“Facebook branding and trust”. Trust, hahah, good one.
So first off, I didn't say facebook branding and trust. That was a quote.
Second off you can hate Facebook, god knows I do, but the question was "Why Venture into the Facebook space". And all the reasons I listed are reasons why a business might want to do that.
Whether you like Facebook or not is irrelevant against the facts that businesses use Facebook every day to engage with customers and getting people to "check in" in order to access the Wi-Fi is essentially free advertising for them as that Check-in is visible to their friends.
None of the things I listed above, either in this comments or the one above, were opinions. They're facts about how the Facebook Wi-Fi works in response to a question on why someone would want to use it.
Yeah, it's not free and I know Facebook (Meta) is the evil. 👺 Thanks for your input.