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Configuring internal captive portal for guest network
To configure internal captive portal authentication when adding a guest network created for wireless or wired
profile:
1. In the SECURITY tab, assign values for the configuration parameters:
Parameter Description
SPLASH PAGE TYPE Select any of the following:
l Internal - Authenticated—When Internal Authenticated is enabled, the guest
users are required to authenticate in the captive portal page to access the
internet. The guest users who are required to authenticate must already be
added to the user database.
l Internal - Acknowledged— When Internal Acknowledged is enabled, the guest
users are required to accept the terms and conditions to access the internet.
MAC AUTHENTICATION
Select
Enabled
to enable the MAC authentication.
WISPr Select Enabled if you want to enable WISPr authentication. For more information
on WISPr authentication, see Configuring WISPr authentication on page 54.
NOTE: The WISPr authentication is applicable only for Internal-Authenticated
splash pages and is not applicable for wired profiles. This is applicable for WLAN
SSIDs only.
AUTH SERVER 1
AUTH SERVER 2
Select any one of the following:
l A server from the list of servers if the server is already configured.
l Internal Server to authenticate user credentials at run time.
l Select New for configuring a new external RADIUSserver for authentication.
LOAD BALANCING
Select
Enabled
to enable load balancing if two authentication servers are used.
REAUTH INTERVAL
Select a value to allow the APs to periodically reauthenticate all associated and
authenticated clients.
BLACKLISTING
If you are configuring a wireless network profile, select
Enabled
to enable black-
listing of the clients with a specific number of authentication failures. This is applic-
able for WLAN SSIDs only.
ACCOUNTING MODE Select an accounting mode for posting accounting information at the specified
Accounting interval. When the accounting mode is set to Authentication, the
accounting starts only after client authentication is successful and stops when the
client logs out of the network. If the accounting mode is set to Association, the
accounting starts when the client associates to the network successfully and stops
when the clientdisconnects. This is applicable for WLAN SSIDs only.
DISABLE IF UPLINK TYPE IS
To exclude uplink, select an uplink type.
ENCRYPTION Select Enabled to configure encryption parameters. This is applicable for WLAN
SSIDs only.
SPLASH PAGE DESIGN Under SPLASH PAGE VISUALS, use the editor to specify text and colors for the
initial page that is displayed to the users connecting to the network. The initial
page asks for user credentials or email, depending on the splash page type
(Internal - Authenticated or Internal -Acknowledged) for which you are customizing
the splash page design. Perform the following steps to customize the splash page
design.
Table 25: Internal captive portal configuration parameters
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