User Manual

Professional Access Point
Administrator Guide
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Guest Login
The Professional Access Point’s Guest Interface features allow you to configure the access point for
controlled guest access to an isolated network. You can configure the same access point to broadcast and
function as two different wireless networks: a secure Internal LAN and a public Guest network.
Guest clients can access the guest network without a user name or password. When guests log in, they
see a guest Welcome screen (also known as a captive portal).
The following sections are included here:
• Understanding the Guest Interface
• Configuring the Guest Interface
• Configuring a Guest Network on a Virtual LAN
• Configuring the Welcome Screen (Captive Portal)
• Using the Guest Network
• Deployment Example
Understanding the Guest Interface
You can define unique parameters for guest connectivity and isolate guest clients from other, more
sensitive areas of the network. No security is provided on the guest network; only None is allowed as the
security mode.
Simultaneously, you can configure a secure internal network (using the same access point as your guest
interface) that provides full access to protected information behind a firewall and requires secure logins or
certificates for access.
Configuring the Guest Interface
To configure the Guest interface on the Professional Access Point, perform these configuration steps:
1. Configure the access point to represent two virtually separate networks as described in the section
“Configuring a Guest Network on a Virtual LAN” on page 112.
2. Set up the guest Welcome screen for the guest captive portal as described in the section “Configuring
Note
The Guest Interface uses the multiple BSSID and Virtual LAN (VLAN) technologies that are built into
the Professional Access Point. The Internal and Guest networks are implemented as multiple BSSIDs
on the same access point, each with different network names (SSIDs) on the Wireless interface and
different VLAN IDs on the Wired interface.