Users Guide

Configuring Captive Portal Configuration Parameters
Table 73 describes configuration parameters on the WebUI Captive Portal Authentication profile page.
In the CLI, you configure these options with the aaa authentication captive-portal commands.
Parameter Description
Default Role Role assigned to the Captive Portal user upon login. When both user and guest logon
are enabled, the default role applies to the user logon; users logging in using the
guest interface are assigned the guest role.
Default: guest
Default Guest Role Role assigned to guest.
Default: guest
Redirect Pause Time, in seconds, that the system remains in the initial welcome page before
redirecting the user to the final web URL. If set to 0, the welcome page displays until
the user clicks on the indicated link.
Default: 10 seconds
Login Page URL of the page that appears for the user logon. This can be set to any URL.
Default: /auth/index.html
User Logon Enables Captive Portal with authentication of user credentials.
Default: Enabled
Guest Login Enables Captive Portal logon without authentication.
Default: Disabled
Logout popout
window
Enables a pop-up window with the Logout link for the user to logout after logon. If
this is disabled, the user remains logged in until the user timeout period has elapsed
or the station reloads.
Default: Enabled
Use HTTP for
authentication
Use HTTP protocol on redirection to the Captive Portal page. If you use this option,
modify the captive portal policy to allow HTTP traffic.
Default: disabled (HTTPS is used)
Logon wait
minimum wait
Minimum time, in seconds, the user will have to wait for the logon page to pop up if
the CPU load is high. This works in conjunction with the Logon wait CPU utilization
threshold parameter.
Default: 5 seconds
Logon wait
maximum wait
Configure parameters for the logon wait interval
Default: 10 seconds
Table 73: Captive Portal Authentication Profile Parameters
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