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HWC_VNSConfiguration.fm
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HiPath Wireless Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software V3.0: User Guide
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Virtual Network configuration
Authentication for a VNS
Configure the Captive Portal Settings for External Captive Portal
1. Click on the External Captive Portal radio button in the Captive Portal Settings screen.
2. In the HWC Connection fields, select the IP address and key in the port of the HiPath
Wireless Controller.
The external Captive Portal page on the external authentication server will send the
request back to the Controller, so that the HiPath Wireless Controller can continue with the
RADIUS authentication and filtering.
3. In you wish to encrypt the information passed between the HiPath Wireless Controller and
the external web server, key in the Shared Secret, the password common to both the
HiPath Wireless Controller and the external web server.
Refer to a separate Technical Note for instructions on setting up this encryption.
4. Key in the Redirection URL, the web page to which the wireless device user will be
directed after authentication.
5. To save this configuration, click on Save.
7.2.2 Authentication for a VNS for AAA
Set up authentication by AAA (802.1x) method
1. In the Virtual Network Configuration screen, highlight the VNS name and click on the Auth
& Acct tab. For an AAA VNS, the AAA version of the Authentication screen appears.
2. Follow steps 2 to 10 described above for Captive Portal, except for Step 5 (Authentication
Type) which does not apply to AAA. See Section 7.2.1, “Authentication for a VNS for
Captive Portal”, on page 80.
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In order for Captive Portal authentication to work, all the URLs referenced in the
Captive Portal setup must also be specifically identified and allowed in the Non-
Authenticated Filter (see Section 7.5.2, “The non-authenticated filter for Captive
Portal”, on page 92).
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You must add a filtering rule to the Non-Authenticated Filter that allows access
to the External Captive Portal site.