Concept Guide

Parameter Description
Use HTTP for authentication
Shows whether the profile has enabled or
disabled the ability to use the HTTP
protocol to redirect users to the captive
portal page.
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.
Logon wait maximum wait
Maximum time, in seconds, the user will
have to wait for the logon page to pop up if
the CPU load is high.
logon wait CPU utilization threshold
CPU utilization percentage above which
the logon wait interval is applied when
directing a captive portal user with the
logon page.
Max Authentication failures
Maximum number of authentication
failures before the user is blacklisted.
Show FQDN
If enabled, the user can see and select the
fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) on the
captive portal login page.
Authentication Protocol
This parameter specifies the type of authen-
tication required by this profile, PAP is the
default authentication type
Login page
URL of the page that appears for the user
logon.
Welcome page
URL of the page that appears after logon
and before the user is redirected to the
web URL.
Add controller IP address in the redirection URL
If enabled, this option sends he controller’s
IP address in the redirection URL when
external captive portal servers are used.
An external captive portal server can
determine the controller from which a
request originated by parsing the ‘switchip’
variable in the URL.
Adding user vlan in redirection URL
Shows the user’s VLAN ID sent in the
redirection URL, if enabled
Add a controller interface in the redirection URL
Shows the IP address of a controller
interface added to the redirection URL, if
enabled.
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