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3. Refer to the HTTP Redirection field to specify how the Login, Welcome, and Fail pages are
maintained for this specific WLAN. The pages can be hosted locally or remotely
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4. Use the External URL field to specify the location of the login page, welcome page and fail page
used for hotspot access. Defining these settings is required when the Use External URL
checkbox has been selected within the HTTP Redirection field
.
NOTE
If an external URL is used, the external Web pages are required to forward user credentials to the
access point, which in turn forwards them to the authentication Server (either onboard or external
server) in order to grant users Web access.
Use Default Files Select the Use Default Files checkbox if the login, welcome and fail pages reside on the
access point.
Use External URL Select the
Use External URL checkbox to define a set of external URLs for hotspot users
to access the login, welcome and fail pages. To create a redirected page, you need to have
a TCP termination locally. On receiving the user credentials from the login page, the access
point connects to a radius server, determines the identity of the connected wireless user
and allows the user to access the Internet based on successful authentication.