Specifications

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10.Refer to the Allow List field, and enter any IP address (for internal or external Web sites) that may be
accessed by the Hotspot user without authentication.
11.Check the Use System Name in Hotspot URL to use the System Name specified on the main Switch
configuration screen as part of the hotspot address.
12.Check the Logout on Browser Close button to log out hotspot users from the network when they close
their web browsers.
13.Specify the maximum Hotspot Simultaneous Users to set a limit on the number of concurrent unique
hotspot users for the selected WLAN.
14.Enter a value in the Pre-authenticated VLAN field to configure a default vlan to be used until the user
gets authorized. Specify the vlan within the range <1-4096>.
15.Enter a value in seconds in the Cache Ageout Time field. This is the time in seconds to age out the
hotspot data ready state after the MU disassociation.
16.Check the Guest Login checkbox to allow the guest login option.
17.Check the Radius Based checkbox to provide the user a radius authenticated login option.
18.Check the Hotspot failover checkbox to enable this feature for a selected WLAN. When the AAP loses
its connectivity with the switch, this option informs hotspot users that the service is down by displaying
the No Service page.
19.Refer to the Status field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field displays error
messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the switch.
20.Click OK to use the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.
21.Click Cancel to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration.
Configuring External Hotspot
Selecting the external option entails hosting your own external Web server using advanced Web content
(using XML, Flash). To create a hotspot maintained by an external server:
1. Select Network > Wireless LANs from the main menu tree.
2. Select an existing WLAN from those displayed within the Configuration tab and click the Edit button.
NOTE: In multi-switch hotspot environments if a single switch’s internal pages are
configured for authentication on the other switches, those switches will redirect to their
own internal pages instead. In these environments, it is recommended to use an external
server for all of the switches.