Guest WiFi
Insights, guides, and news from Purple about guest wifi.
What Is a Captive Portal A Guide to Secure Guest WiFi
What is a captive portal? Discover how it works, its role in secure guest WiFi, and how it transforms network access into a powerful business tool.
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More Than a Blocker: Strategic Use Cases for Modern Content Filtering
Beyond just blocking: Discover how a DNS filter can optimize bandwidth, protect brand loyalty, and automate compliance. See 6 ways a WiFi content filter transforms your guest network into a strategic business utility.
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Seamless Stays: How iPSK is Redefining the Guest WiFi Experience for Hotels
Discover why iPSK is the new standard for hotel WiFi. Eliminate captive portals, support guest Chromecasts, and automate security with identity-based networking.
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Streaming Under the Stars: Why iPSK is the Future of WiFi for RV Parks & Resorts
Why iPSK is the gold standard for RV park and vacation resort WiFi. Learn how to provide "home-like" connectivity, eliminate support calls, and manage seasonal demand.
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Beyond eduroam: Why iPSK is the New Standard for Student Housing & Higher Education WiFi
Discover why iPSK is the new standard for student housing WiFi. Learn how to support gaming consoles, improve security, and automate onboarding with identity-based networking.
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Why iPSK is the Future of Senior Living WiFi: Balancing Resident Privacy with Medical Security
Learn how iPSK (Identity PSK) provides secure, home-like WiFi for senior living communities. Balance resident privacy with secure e-MAR and IoT connectivity.
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What is iPSK? The Complete Guide to Identity-Based WiFi Security
What is iPSK? Discover how Identity Pre-Shared Key (iPSK) combines home-WiFi simplicity with Enterprise security. The ultimate guide for MDU, Student Housing, and IoT.
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Why iPSK is the Gold Standard for Multi-Family (MDU) WiFi
Why iPSK is the gold standard for Multi-Family (MDU) WiFi. Learn how to provide "Instant-On" internet, improve resident retention, and reduce hardware costs with identity-based networking.
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Why iPSK is the Key to Digital Inclusion in Affordable Housing
How iPSK (Identity PSK) is closing the digital divide in affordable housing. Provide secure, affordable, and simple "at-home" WiFi for every resident while protecting privacy.
A Guide to WiFi for Vehicles and Connected Fleets
Discover how WiFi for vehicles works. Our guide covers cellular gateways, satellite options, security, and real-world architecture for connected fleets.
Beyond the Walled Garden Login Rethinking Guest WiFi Access
Discover why the traditional walled garden login is failing. Explore modern, passwordless alternatives that improve security and user experience for guest WiFi.
Smarter Connections: Your Guide to Business WiFi Platforms
Discover modern business WiFi platforms that boost security, enhance user experience, and drive growth. Go beyond passwords for a smarter, safer network.
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The hidden cost of free WiFi: What your captive portal is really costing you
"Free WiFi" isn't free if it costs you your reputation. From the "awkward password shuffle" to the trap of junk data, we explore the hidden costs of high-friction captive portals - and how venue operators can turn a basic utility into a powerful engine for customer delight.
Digital Inclusion Starts at Your Front Door: How Venue WiFi Can Bridge the Gap
In 2025, the digital divide is a crisis of digital equity, fundamentally restricting access to life's essentials. The fight to establish connectivity as a right, not a privilege, is often framed in terms of high-level national strategy and multi-billion-dollar infrastructure projects. But for millions who lack consistent access, the solution isn't miles of fiber optic cable; it's the welcoming sign of a local library, a bustling café, or a community center with free, reliable and secure WiFi.
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Newcastle’s Digital Revolution: How Secure Public WiFi is Driving Inclusion and Economic Growth
Purple is focused on creating a world where connectivity is seamless, secure, and available everywhere. Our recent webinar broke down exactly how the city of Newcastle Upon Tyne is leading this transformation through a landmark public-private partnership.
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The death of the captive portal: why Apple, Google, and Samsung are killing legacy WiFi
The captive portal isn't just aging; it's being actively taken down, piece by piece, by the very companies that make the devices connecting to it. The pop-up login screen is no longer a minor inconvenience; it's a fundamental flaw in a system that's rapidly being replaced. For IT professionals and venue operators, ignoring this shift isn't an option.
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Purple’s free initiative to accelerate OpenRoaming™ adoption for businesses
New approach eliminates barriers, empowering venues to join the global OpenRoaming™ network and deliver seamless, secure WiFi.
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Mythbusters: Beyond the Captive Portal
Mobile data isn't killing public WiFi, bad user experiences are. In this piece, we dismantle the arguments against seamless connectivity. Learn why 5G still struggles indoors, how "unlimited" plans are shrinking, and how Purple’s certificate-based security outperforms open networks. Most importantly, find out how you can ditch the login form and still gain higher-quality, compliant customer data.
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