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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by Wowfunhappy on Thursday September 28, 2023 @07:34PM (#37697366)
The first problem that comes to my mind--clients will remember both wifi networks and may continue to choose the open network when e.g. waking from sleep.

The user can go in and forget the open network of course, but most won't know to do that.

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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by lxgr on Thursday September 28, 2023 @07:42PM (#37697453)
You could just prevent access to the wider internet on the open version!
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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by Wowfunhappy on Thursday September 28, 2023 @07:45PM (#37697478)
Yes but the client will still connect and the user will wonder why their internet isn't working.
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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by stereo on Thursday September 28, 2023 @11:14PM (#37698912)
It would theoretically be possible to bounce clients which you know are already authorised on the paid network.
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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by gorlilla on Friday September 29, 2023 @09:36AM (#37704035)
QR code to connect to the _open_ but _hidden_ SSID. Instructs user to join WPA-EAP with supplied credentials once they've paid. Remains available to connect via QR in case customer somehow misplaced creds but avoids auto-reconnect during scan.
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Re:WiFi without internet on a Southwest flight by IggleSniggle on Thursday September 28, 2023 @11:18PM (#37698928)
Use Bluetooth instead of WiFi for the password generation channel
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