Concept Guide

3. Select the Facebook page.
4. Under Bypass Mode, select any of the following options:
l Skip Check-in link—When selected, the users are not presented with your business Facebook page, but
are allowed to access the Internet by clicking the Skip Check-in link.
l Require Wi-Fi code—When selected, the users are assigned a Wi-Fi code to gain access to the Facebook
page.
5. Customize the session length and terms of service if required.
6. Click Save Settings.
Accessing the Portal Page
To access the portal page:
1. Connect to the SSID with Facebook option enabled.
2. Launch a web browser. The browser opens the Facebook Wi-Fi page. If the Wi-Fi code based login is enabled,
the users are prompted to enter the Wi-FI code. If the Skip Check-in link is displayed, click the link to skip
checking in to the Facebook business page and proceed to access the Internet.
3. If you want to check in the business page, click Check In and provide your credentials. After checking in,
click Continue Browsing to access the web page that was originally requested.
Configuring Guest Logon Role and Access Rules for Guest Users
For captive portal profile, you can create any the following types of roles:
l A pre-authenticated role - This role is assigned before the captive portal authentication. The user can only
access certain destinations with this role.
l A guest role – This role is assigned after user authentication.
l A captive-portal role - This role can be assigned to any network such as empolyee, voice, or guest. When the
user is assigned with this role, a splash page is displayed after opening a browser and the users may need to
authenticate.
You can configure up to 128 access rules for guest user roles through the Instant UI or CLI.
In the Instant UI
To configure roles and access rules for the guest network:
1. On the Access Rules tab, set the slider to any of the following types of access control:
l Unrestricted— Select this to set unrestricted access to the network.
l Network-based— Set the slider to Network-based to set common rules for all users in a network. The
Allow any to all destinations access rule is enabled by default. This rule allows traffic to all
destinations. To define an access rule:
a. Click New.
b. Select appropriate options in the New Rule window.
c. Click OK.
l Role-based— Select Role-based to enable access based on user roles. For role-based access control:
l Create a user role if required. For more information, see Configuring User Roles.
n Create access rules for a specific user role. For more information, see Configuring ACL Rules for
Network Services on page 189. You can also configure an access rule to enforce captive portal
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