Connect your mobile phone to the travel access point.ĥ. Confirm connection to the captive portal window.Ĥ. Using a computer or a mobile device connect to the WiFi network of the travel access point.ģ. Connect the travel router/access point to the public wifi network that has a captive portal.Ģ. Note: using Nanit Camera on a WiFi network that uses a captive portal will require an external router/access point with a secured (preferably WPA2) network.ġ. Captive portals are typically used by business centers, airports, hotel lobbies, coffee shops, and other venues that offer free Wi-Fi hotspots for Internet users.
If you’re not sure whether your home uses DSL, and if the bandwidth of your internet connection is sufficient for your needs, talk to your internet service provider.Ī captive portal is a web page that the user of a public-access network is required to view and interact with before access to the WiFi network is granted. Learn More About Nanit’s Bandwidth Requirements If your bandwidth is below 1 Mbps, we recommend changing your Nanit’s bandwidth usage from “High ” to “Low ”.
Although Nanit doesn’t require very much bandwidth, you may experience connection problems if your upload or download speed is below 1 Mbps, or if other devices on the network are consuming too much bandwidth. If your bandwidth usage is set to High in the Nanit app, we suggest upload speeds of 2 Mbps and download speeds of 1 Mbps. Not having enough bandwidth could lead to connection issues within the Nanit app. Nanit requires a specific amount of bandwidth to properly upload and maintain the live video feed. Internet service with less than 2Mbps bandwidth