Guest WiFi
Insights, guides, and news from Purple about guest wifi.
Hotel Guest WiFi: A Practical Guide for Operators
Hotel guest WiFi made practical. Covering network design, security, vendor selection, OpenRoaming, and guest experience for US hotel IT teams.
Hotel WiFi Not Working: Quick Fixes and IT Diagnostics
Is your hotel WiFi not working? Discover quick fixes for guests and a layered diagnostic sequence for IT teams to resolve captive portal and network faults.
Captive Portal Setup: Secure Enterprise WiFi Guide
Master your captive portal setup with this secure enterprise WiFi guide. Learn network prerequisites, vendor configurations, and robust authentication methods.
Guest WiFi Network Setup and Security
Plan a secure guest WiFi network with the right authentication, segmentation, and US data-protection controls for hospitality, retail, and healthcare venues.
WiFi for Enterprise
Master enterprise WiFi with certificate-based auth, zero-trust roaming, SAML integration and deployment best practices.
Hotel WiFi Not Redirecting to Login Page: Fixes
Diagnose and fix hotel WiFi not redirecting to login pages. Resolve captive portal DNS, HTTPS, and CNA issues, or deploy seamless Passpoint guest access.
Captive Portal Detection How It Works and How to Test It
Explore how Apple, Android, and Windows detect captive portals via HTTP probes, and learn how RFC 8908 CapPort APIs eliminate redirect friction.
Network Risk Assessment Guide for Enterprise WiFi
Learn how to run an enterprise WiFi network risk assessment. Audit rogue APs, 802.1X security, VLAN isolation, and PCI-DSS compliance risks.
How to Secure Guest WiFi: A Practical Guide
Learn how to secure guest WiFi with proven steps on encryption, segmentation, authentication, and monitoring. A practical guide for IT teams and venues.
7 Captive Portal Alternatives for Secure WiFi in 2026
Compare 7 captive portal alternatives: Passpoint, OpenRoaming, 802.1X certificates, and PPSK for friction-free guest onboarding and enterprise security.
Migration Planning for Enterprise WiFi Networks
Master migration planning for enterprise WiFi with practical steps covering inventory, stakeholder mapping, risk mitigation, testing, and rollback strategies.
WiFi for Small Business: A Practical US Guide
Plan secure small business WiFi. Compare topologies, calculate AP density, isolate guest traffic with VLANs, and eliminate dead zones across your venue.
Guest WiFi Management: Smart Authentication & Segmentation
Calculate DHCP subnet sizing, throughput, and AP density for enterprise guest WiFi management with captive portal and Passpoint security.
If you could ask your Purple data anything, what would you ask?
Most of us only ask the big, planned questions of our data and quietly drop the small, specific ones. Here is why those dropped questions are often the most valuable.
Using AI to analyze your customer and footfall data
AI has become genuinely useful for working with data - but only when it can reach the data that matters. Here is how to put your venue data to work with the AI tools you already use.
Connecting your venue data to Power BI, Tableau and Looker
For most data teams, the BI platform is where decisions actually get made. Here is how to connect your Purple venue data directly - without building a pipeline.
How to get more from your WiFi analytics data
Most venue teams are sitting on far more data than they ever use. The teams who get real value from it are the ones who ask better questions - here is how to start.
How to make a great first impression with your guest WiFi (and keep your brand consistent)
Your splash page is one of the most-seen pieces of brand real estate you own. Here's why that first screen matters, and how AI can help you make a great impression every time.
See Purple in action
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Go deeper with our WiFi guides
These step-by-step guides cover the topics behind the articles above, from setup to security and analytics.