Release Notes

133 | Captive Portal for Guest Access Dell Networking W-Series Instant 6.4.2.0-4.1.1 | User Guide
In the Instant UI
1. Click Security>External Captive Portal.
2. Click New. The New pop-up window is displayed.
3. Specify values for the following parameters:
Parameter Description
Name
Enter a name for the profile.
Type
Select any one of the following types of authentication:
l Radius Authentication - Select this option to enable user authentication against a
RADIUS server.
l Authentication Text - Select this option to specify an authentication text. The specified
text will be returned by the external server after a successful user authentication.
IP or hostname
Enter the IP address or the hostname of the external splash page server.
URL
Enter the URL for the external captive portal server.
Port
Enter the port number.
Use https
(Available only if
RADIUS
Authentication is
selected)
Select Enabled to enforce clients to use HTTPS to communicate with the captive portal
server.
Captive Portal
failure
This field allows you to configure Internet access for the guest clients when the external
captive portal server is not available. Select Deny Internet to prevent clients from using
the network, or Allow Internet to allow the guest clients to access Internet when the
external captive portal server is not available.
Automatic URL
Whitelisting
Select Enabled to enable the automatic whitelisting of URLs. On selecting the checkbox for
the external captive portal authentication, the URLs that are allowed for the
unauthenticated users to access are automatically whitelisted. The automatic URL
whitelisting is disabled by default.
Auth Text
(Available only if
Authentication Text
is selected)
If the External Authentication splash page is selected, specify the authentication text to be
returned by the external server after successful authentication.
Redirect URL Specify a redirect URL if you want to redirect the users to another URL.
Table 25: Captive Portal Profile Configuration Parameters
In the CLI
To configure an external Captive Portal profile:
(Instant AP)(config)# wlan external-captive-portal [profile_name]
(Instant AP)(External Captive Portal)# server <server>
(Instant AP)(External Captive Portal)# port <port>