User Guide

Configuring the Captive Portal 103
Chapter 10
6 From the pop-down menu select the desired role the user will be placed in
after logon.
7 Uncheck the
Enable User Logon checkbox if the intended use of captive por-
tal is for guest logon alone. If Captive Portal will be also used to authenti-
cate users against a AAA server, leave this option selected.
8 Check
Show FQDN to enable advanced AAA. (Requires that FQDNs be con-
figured for the RADIUS servers.)
9 Set the protocol type
http or https as per the requirement.
10 Set the welcome page location to the required URL.
11 Click
Apply to apply the configuration.
NOTE—The configuration does not take effect till this step is completed.
Example
This example sets up the captive portal for guest only logon:
z The user gets cap_guest role which allows user to access the internet
only.
Redirect Pause
Timeout
This is the time seconds, the system remains in
the initial welcome page before re-directing the
user to the final web URL. If set to 0, the welcome
page is skipped.
Default: 10 seconds
Welcome Page
Location
The welcome page is the page that appears soon
after logon and before re-direction to the web
URL. This can be set to any URL.
Default: /auth/welcome.html
Logon wait Interval Time range in seconds, the user will have to wait
for the logon page to pop up in case the CPU load
is high. This works in conjunction with the CPU
Utilization Threshold.
Default: 5 – 10 seconds
CPU Utilization
Threshold
The CPU utilization percentage above which the
Logon wait interval gets applied while presenting
the user with the logon page.
Default value: 60 %