Wi-Fi Vouchers
This is where the cafe charges for internet access on the guest network. A customer connects, their phone opens a page, they type a code you sold them, and they are online for as long as that code is worth.
It needs the Gateway: the login page and the access control both live there.
What you sell
A plan is what a ticket is worth. You decide:
- how long it lasts, or how much data it carries, or both
- how fast it is
- how many devices may use the same code at once
A cashier sells a ticket from this page and hands over the code. Print it on the receipt, or read it out.
What the customer sees
They pick your Wi-Fi, their phone opens the login page on its own, and they either type their code or sign in with their HandyCafe member account.
The page is in their own language where we have one, and it shows what is left on their ticket while they use it.
Member logins
A member can sign in with the username and password they already use, and the Wi-Fi comes out of their account rather than a printed code. This needs HandyCafe Server to be reachable at that moment: the gateway asks Server whether the password is right.
Tickets already in use do not need Server, so a Server that is off for a while does not cut anybody off.
Devices
The devices list shows everything the gateway can see on your network: the cafe's own PCs, consoles, phones on the guest Wi-Fi, and anything else somebody plugged in.
For each one you can:
- give it a fixed address, so it always comes back as the same device
- name it, so the list reads like your cafe and not like a list of numbers
- block it
- mark it always online, for a device that must never need a ticket
- put it in a group, and set the speed once for the whole group
Changes here apply on their own, without the Apply button: one click, one change.
Connection log
What connected to what, kept for as long as you set. Useful for answering a complaint, and it is your customers' browsing metadata, so it is worth deciding deliberately how long you keep it. See Connection log.
When something is not working
The login page does not open by itself. Some phones only open it after the first attempt to load a page. Ask the customer to open any site.
A code does not work. Check whether it has time or data left, and whether it is already in use on as many devices as the plan allows.
Nothing on the guest network works. Check the Gateway page first: if the gateway is not running, or reports a problem in red, that is the cause.