Wifi hotspot with redirect to HTML

Question

I'm trying to create a wifi hotspot with my Raspberry Pi B+ that redirects the connected devices to a specific HTML page, hosted on the Raspberry. I can create the hotspot following this tutorial. Is there a way to force a HTML page load, like some routers do?

The plan is:

The user will connect to the Raspberry Pi wifi hotspot.
The user device will load a HTML page hosted on the Rasp.
The user will download files through the links on the HTML page.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 20 '16 at 12:40

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You could do that with iptables.

iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 443 -j DNAT --to-destination localhost:80
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination localhost:80

This redirects all requests made via port 80 and 443 (i.e. opening any website) to be redirected to whatever is running on your hotspot's port 80.

answered Jan 20 '16 at 12:40

Aloha

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So, I'll just need an Apache server running? – bodruk Jan 20 '16 at 12:42
How do I disable this redirect? – bodruk Jan 20 '16 at 13:16
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With command: iptables -L --line-numbers you'll get line numbers for rules and then you can delete single line with iptables -D nat 1 for example. To delete all iptables rules you can use iptables -F – Bungee75 Jan 22 '16 at 18:53

Wifi hotspot with redirect to HTML

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