Concept Guide

Command/Parameter Description Range Default
user’s original request and redirects them
to URL configured for redirection.
server <server-name>
Configures the external captive portal
server.
— —
server-fail-through
Allows the guest clients to access the
Internet when the external captive portal
server is not available.
— Disabled
server-offload
Enables the server-offload feature to
reduce the load on the external captive
portal server by allowing the W-IAP to use a
Meta tag to redirect HTTP and HTTPS
requests from the client.
When enabled, this feature prevents the
non-browser client applications from
following unnecessary 302-redirects
generated by their background HTTP or
HTTPS requests.
— —
url <url>
Configures the URL of the external captive
portal server.
— —
no…
Removes the configuration. — —
Usage Guidelines
Use this command to configure external captive portal profiles for guest users. When the captive portal profile
is applied to an SSID or a wired profile, the users connecting to the SSID or wired network are assigned a role
with the captive portal rule. You can create up to 8 external captive portal profiles.
Example
The following example configures external captive portal splash page:
(Instant AP)(config)# wlan external-captive-portal AuthText1
(Instant AP)(External Captive Portal "AuthText1")# auth-text authenticated
(Instant AP)(External Captive Portal "AuthText1")# port 80
(Instant AP)(External Captive Portal "AuthText1")# redirect-url http://www.example1.com
(Instant AP)(External Captive Portal "AuthText1")# server CPServer1
(Instant AP)(External Captive Portal "AuthText1")# url "/example.php"
(Instant AP)(External Captive Portal "AuthText1")# server-fail-through
(Instant AP)(External Captive Portal "AuthText1")# no auto-whitelist-disable
(Instant AP)(External Captive Portal "AuthText1")# end
(Instant AP)# commit apply
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