Quick Reference Guide

Manage Rogue Access Points, Guest Network Access, and Users
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ProSAFE Wireless Controller WC9500
Manage Users, Accounts, and Passwords
The wireless controller supports three types of users: management users, WiFi clients, and
captive portal users. All of these users need to provide their login name and password to be
authenticated by the wireless controller’s internal authentication server and to access the
wireless controller’s web management interface or wireless network.
• Management users. These users have access to the wireless controller’
s web
management interface. There are four groups:
- Administrators. Administrative users (admins) with read and write capabilities.
These users can change the configuration of the wireless controller.
- Read-only. These users have access to the wireless controller’
s web management
interface but can access only the Monitor main navigation tab and the Help main
navigation tab. These users cannot change the configuration of the wireless
controller.
- Guest provisioning.
These users can configure only captive portal users, that is,
they can access only the User Management configuration menu tab under the
Maintenance main navigation tab.
- License management only. These users can configure only licenses, that is, they
can access only the License configuration menu tab under the Maintenance main
navigation tab (for more information, see Manage Licenses on page 165).
• WiFi clients. Users with credentials to access the wireless network. These users do not
need to use the captive portal or the guest portal to access the wireless network, nor is
their access subject to expiration.
• Captive portal users
. Users with credentials to access the captive portal and who are
granted temporary access or access without expiration.
In addition to the users, you can also configure captive portal accounts that you use in
combination with captive portal users. Accounts specify the period during which wireless
access is available and the amount that is charged for it.
Note: For information about password requirements, see Table 6 on
page 207.
Add a Management User
You can add an administrator, a user who has read-only access to the wireless controller’s
web management interface, a user who can provision captive portal users only, and a user
who can manage licenses only.
 To add a management user:
1. Select Maintenance > User Management.