User Guide Part 2

Wi-Fi Array
Configuring the Wi-Fi Array 245
For an in-depth discussion, please see the Xirrus Web Page Redirect Application Note
in the Xirrus Library
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If enabled, WPR displays a splash or login page when a user associates to the
wireless network and opens a browser to any URL (provided the URL does not
point to a resource directly on the user’s machine). The user-requested URL is
captured, the user’s browser is redirected to the splash or login page, and then the
browser is redirected either to your specified landing page, if any, or else back to
the captured URL.
Figure 134. WPR Internal Splash Page Fields (SSID Management)
You may select among three different modes for use of the Web Page Redirect
feature, each displaying a different set of parameters that must be entered:
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Internal Splash page
This option displays a splash page instead of the first user-requested
URL. The splash page files reside on the Array. Note that there is an
upload function that allows you to replace the default splash page, if you
wish. Please see “Web Page Redirect” on page 300 for more information.
To set up use of a splash page, set Server to Internal Splash. Enter a value
in the Timeout field to define how many seconds the splash screen is
displayed before timing out, or select Never to prevent the page from
timing out automatically. After the splash page, the user is redirected to
the captured URL. If you want the user redirected to a specific landing
page instead, enter its address in Landing Page URL.
z
Internal Login page
This option displays a login page (residing on the Array) instead of the
first user-requested URL. Note that there is an upload function that