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Configuring the Access Point
Configuring the Hotspot Service
Figure 33. Minimum configuration settings for providing Hotspot service
Customizing Optional Hotspot Settings
Optional Hotspot settings include a number of options for fine-tuning your Hotspot
service, such as maximum session time, grace period, and accounting update interval.
The following Hotspot options can be configured from the Configuration > Hotspot
> More Options page:
Table 22. Optional Hotspot settings
Setting Description
Temporarily block user after __
unsuccessful login attempts
Specify the maximum number of repeated
authentication failures allowed. Default = 10.
Redirect temp. blocked user
to
Enter a redirect URL to which blocked users will be
redirected. Default = (none).
MAC Authentication If enabled, the Hotspot service will attempt to
authenticate users based on their MAC addresses if
the local Hotspot authentication has failed. If
enabled, an optional MAC authentication password
can be entered. If no password is specified, the
system will use the client’s MAC address as the
password. Default = Disabled.