diff --git a/roles/captive-portal/tasks/main.yml b/roles/captive-portal/tasks/main.yml
index 64058fa1f..a5b9bda02 100644
--- a/roles/captive-portal/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/captive-portal/tasks/main.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   file:
     path: /opt/iiab/captive-portal
     state: directory
+    owner: "{{ apache_user }}"
 
 - name: 'Copy scripts: checkurls, capture-wsgi.py'
   template:
diff --git a/roles/captive-portal/templates/001-captive-portal.conf b/roles/captive-portal/templates/001-captive-portal.conf
index 544fe7bd9..d2d07ecab 100644
--- a/roles/captive-portal/templates/001-captive-portal.conf
+++ b/roles/captive-portal/templates/001-captive-portal.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <VirtualHost _default_:80>
    ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
    CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
-   <Directory {{ doc_root }}>
+   <Directory /library/www/html>
        Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
        AllowOverride None
        Require all granted
@@ -18,7 +18,26 @@
 	# However, you must set it for any further virtual host explicitly.
 	ServerName iiab.io
    Include /etc/apache2/capture
-   ProxyPreserveHost On
-   ProxyPass / http://box.lan:{{ captive_portal_port }}/
-   ProxyPassReverse / http://box.lan:{{ captive_portal_port }}/
+#   ProxyPreserveHost On
+#   ProxyPass / http://box.lan:9090/
+#   ProxyPassReverse / http://box.lan:9090/
+   ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/cp_error.log
+WSGIScriptAlias / /opt/iiab/captive-portal/capture-wsgi.py
+#WSGIScriptAlias / /opt/iiab/captive-portal/test.py
+WSGIScriptReloading On
+   <Directory /opt/iiab/captive-portal>
+       AllowOverride None
+       Require all granted
+   </Directory>
+
+</VirtualHost>
+
+<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1:80>
+   ErrorLog /var/log/apache2/error.log
+   CustomLog /var/log/apache2/access.log combined
+   <Directory /library/www/html>
+       Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
+       AllowOverride None
+       Require all granted
+   </Directory>
 </VirtualHost>
diff --git a/roles/captive-portal/templates/capture-wsgi.py b/roles/captive-portal/templates/capture-wsgi.py
index 59bddaad0..ec6c10208 100755
--- a/roles/captive-portal/templates/capture-wsgi.py
+++ b/roles/captive-portal/templates/capture-wsgi.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ j2_env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader(CAPTIVE_PORTAL_BASE),trim_blocks=Tr
 
 # Define time outs
 INACTIVITY_TO = 30
-PORTAL_TO = 0 # delay after triggered by ajax upon click of link to home page
+PORTAL_TO = 20 # delay after triggered by ajax upon click of link to home page
 # I had hoped that returning 204 status after some delay 
 #  would dispense with android's "sign-in to network" (no work)
 
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ class StreamToLogger(object):
         for line in buf.rstrip().splitlines():
             self.logger.log(self.log_level, line.rstrip())
 
-if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == '-l':
+#if len(sys.argv) > 1 and sys.argv[1] == '-l':
+if True:
     loggingLevel = logging.DEBUG
     try:
       os.remove('/var/log/apache2/portal.log')
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ sys.stdout = sl
 stderr_logger = logging.getLogger('STDERR')
 sl = StreamToLogger(stderr_logger, logging.ERROR)
 sys.stderr = sl
-PORT={{ captive_portal_port }}
+PORT=9090
 
 
 # Define globals
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ def microsoft_splash(environ,start_response):
             'btn1':"GO TO IIAB HOME PAGE",'doc_root':get_iiab_env("WWWROOT")}
     es_txt={ 'message':"Haga clic en el botón para ir a la página de inicio de IIAB",\
             'btn1':"IIAB",'doc_root':get_iiab_env("WWWROOT")}
+    txt = en_txt
     if lang == "en":
         txt = en_txt
     elif lang == "es":
@@ -219,7 +221,10 @@ def home(environ,start_response):
 
 def android(environ, start_response):
     global ANDROID_TRIGGERED
-    ip = environ['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'].strip()
+    if  environ.get('HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'):
+        ip = environ['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'].strip()
+    else: 
+        ip = environ['REMOTE_ADDR'].strip()
     system,system_version = platform_info(ip)
     if system_version[0:1] < '6':
         logger.debug("system < 6:%s"%system_version)
@@ -245,6 +250,7 @@ def android_splash(environ, start_response):
     es_txt={ 'message':"Haga clic en el botón para ir a la página de inicio de IIAB",\
             "FQDN": fully_qualified_domain_name, \
             'btn1':"IIAB",'doc_root':get_iiab_env("WWWROOT")}
+    txt = en_txt
     if lang == "en":
         txt = en_txt
     elif lang == "es":
@@ -265,6 +271,7 @@ def android_https(environ, start_response):
     es_txt={ 'message':"Haga clic en el botón para ir a la página de inicio de IIAB",\
             "FQDN": fully_qualified_domain_name, \
             'btn1':"IIAB",'doc_root':get_iiab_env("WWWROOT")}
+    txt = en_txt
     if lang == "en":
         txt = en_txt
     elif lang == "es":
@@ -285,6 +292,7 @@ def mac_splash(environ,start_response):
     es_txt={ 'message':"Haga clic en el botón para ir a la página de inicio de IIAB",\
             "FQDN": fully_qualified_domain_name, \
             'btn1':"IIAB",'doc_root':get_iiab_env("WWWROOT")}
+    txt = en_txt
     if lang == "en":
         txt = en_txt
     elif lang == "es":
@@ -300,6 +308,7 @@ def mac_splash(environ,start_response):
 def macintosh(environ, start_response):
     global ip
     logger.debug("in function mcintosh")
+    #print >> sys.stderr , "Geo Print to stderr" + environ['HTTP_HOST']
     if not is_inactive(ip):
         set_lasttimestamp(ip)
         return success(environ,start_response)
@@ -355,7 +364,7 @@ def bootstrap_css(environ, start_response):
     return [boot]
 
 def null(environ, start_response):
-    status = '200 ok'
+    status = '404 Not Found'
     headers = [('Content-type', 'text/html')]
     start_response(status, headers)
     return [""]
@@ -376,6 +385,15 @@ def put_204(environ, start_response):
     logger.debug("in function  put_204: sending 204 html response")
     return [response_body]
 
+def put_302(environ, start_response):
+    status = '302 Moved Temporarily'
+    response_body = ''
+    response_headers = [('Content-type','text/html'),
+            ('Content-Length',str(len(response_body)))]
+    start_response(status, response_headers)
+    logger.debug("in function  put_204: sending 204 html response")
+    return [response_body]
+
 def parse_agent(agent):
     system = ''
     system_version = ''
@@ -507,14 +525,15 @@ def application (environ, start_response):
       environ['HTTP_HOST'] == "alt7-mtalk.google.com" or\
       environ['HTTP_HOST'] == "alt6-mtalk.google.com" or\
       environ['HTTP_HOST'] == "connectivitycheck.android.com" or\
+      environ['PATH_INFO'] == "/gen_204" or\
       environ['HTTP_HOST'] == "connectivitycheck.gstatic.com":
       current_ts, last_ts, send204after = timeout_info(ip) 
-      logger.debug("current_ts: %s laat_ts: %s send204after: %s"%(current_ts, last_ts, send204after,))
+      logger.debug("current_ts: %s last_ts: %s send204after: %s"%(current_ts, last_ts, send204after,))
       if not last_ts or (ts - int(last_ts) > INACTIVITY_TO):
           return android(environ, start_response) 
       elif is_after204_timeout(ip):
           return put_204(environ,start_response)
-      return null(environ,start_response)  #return without doing anything
+      return android(environ, start_response) 
 
    # microsoft
    if  environ['PATH_INFO'] == "/microsoft_splash":
@@ -532,16 +551,17 @@ def application (environ, start_response):
      environ['HTTP_HOST'] == "teredo.ipv6.microsoft.com.nsatc.net": 
      return microsoft(environ, start_response) 
 
-   logger.debug("executing the defaut 204 response. [%s"%data)
-   return put_204(environ,start_response)
+   logger.debug("executing the default 204 response. [%s"%data)
+   return put_302(environ,start_response)
 
 # Instantiate the server
-httpd = make_server (
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    httpd = make_server (
     "", # The host name
     PORT, # A port number where to wait for the request
     application # The application object name, in this case a function
-)
+    )
 
-httpd.serve_forever()
+    httpd.serve_forever()
 #vim: tabstop=3 expandtab shiftwidth=3 softtabstop=3 background=dark
 
diff --git a/roles/network/templates/gateway/iiab-gen-iptables b/roles/network/templates/gateway/iiab-gen-iptables
index d0bfb89c1..cdc87f326 100755
--- a/roles/network/templates/gateway/iiab-gen-iptables
+++ b/roles/network/templates/gateway/iiab-gen-iptables
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ transmission_http_port={{ transmission_http_port }}
 transmission_peer_port={{ transmission_peer_port }}
 sugarizer_port={{ sugarizer_port }}
 block_DNS={{ block_DNS }}
-captive_portal_enabled={{ captive_portal_enabled }}
 
 echo "LAN is $lan and WAN is $wan"
 #
@@ -111,9 +110,8 @@ if [  "$gw_block_https" == "True" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Allow outgoing connections from the LAN side.
-if ! [ "$captive_portal_enabled" == "True" ]; then
-    $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -i $lan -o $wan -j ACCEPT
-fi
+$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -i $lan -o $wan -j ACCEPT
+
 # Don't forward from the outside to the inside.
 $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -i $wan -o $lan -j DROP
 $IPTABLES -A INPUT -i $wan -j DROP
@@ -123,10 +121,6 @@ if [ "$block_DNS" == "True" ]; then
     $IPTABLES -t nat -A PREROUTING -i $lan -p udp --dport 53 ! -d {{ lan_ip }} -j DNAT --to {{ lan_ip }}:53
 fi
 
-if [ "$captive_portal_enabled" == "True" ]; then
-    $IPTABLES  -t nat  -A PREROUTING -i $lan -p tcp --dport 80 ! -d {{ lan_ip }} -j DNAT --to {{ lan_ip }}:{{ captive_portal_port }}
-fi
-
 if [ "$HTTPCACHE_ON" == "True" ]; then
     $IPTABLES  -t nat  -A PREROUTING -i $lan -p tcp --dport 80 ! -d {{ lan_ip }} -j DNAT --to {{ lan_ip }}:3128
 fi