Specifications

20 New and Enhanced Features in AlliedWare Plus 5.4.4 Major and Minor Versions
Key New Features and Enhancements
Software version 5.4.4-2.3 includes all the new features that have been added to
AlliedWare Plus since the release of 5.4.4-1.1.
This section summarizes the key new features. For more information about all features on
the switch, see the Software Reference for your switch. Unless otherwise stated, all new
features and enhancements are available on all switch models running this version of
AlliedWare Plus.
Web-Authentication Enhancements
The following enhancements have been added to web-authentication.
■ Custom login page
■ External login page
■ Robust web-authentication
Custom login page You can customize the web-authentication page by changing the web page logo image,
success message, welcome message, and web page title.
The following commands have been introduced for this enhancement.
■ auth-web-server page logo
■ auth-web-server page sub-title
■ auth-web-server page success-message
■ auth-web-server page title
■ auth-web-server page welcome-message
■ show auth-web-server page
External login page You can use an external login page for web-authentication rather than using the built-in
AlliedWare Plus login page.
The auth-web forward command has been introduced for this enhancement.
Robust web-
authentication
Web-authentication configuration has been simplified and some limitations have been
removed. For command details, see Authentication Commands in this release note.
■ Previously, you could configure an intercept mode on the web-authentication server
for supplicants (client devices). Now, you no longer need to configure the intercept
mode. Intercept mode is always available and it intercepts HTTP packets but doesn’t
intercept ARP or DNS messages. As a result, the auth-web-server mode command
has been deleted.
■ Previously, you could enable the HTTP redirect feature on every interface on which
web-based port authentication was enabled. Now, the HTTP redirect feature is always
enabled and you cannot disable it. As a result, the auth-web-server http-redirect
command has been deleted.
■ Previously, you needed to register the gateway information when the supplicant was
authorized. Now, the AlliedWare Plus device acts as the default gateway and you no
longer need to add the gateway information. As a result, the auth-web-server
gateway command has been deleted.