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Section 3: Configuring the Access Point
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Table 56: Captive Portal Instance Configuration
Field Description
Captive Portal
Instances
Select an existing instance to view or configure its
settings, or select Create to configure a new CP instance.
The access point supports two instances. If both
instances have been configured, you must delete an
instance before you can create a new one.
Instance Name This field is available only if Create is selected from the
Captive Portal Instances field. Specify a name for the new
CP instance.
Instance ID The CP instance identifier. For an existing instance, this
field cannot be configured. When creating a new CP
instance, the ID cannot be used by another CP instance.
If you attempt to assign an Instance ID that is in use, an
error message is displayed.
Admin Mode Select the option to enable the administrative mode of
the selected CP instance, or clear the option to disable it.
Protocol Specifies HTTP or HTTPs as the protocol for the CP
instance to use during the verification process.
Verification The authentication method for CP to use to verify clients:
• Guest—The user does not need to be authenticated
by a database.
• Local—The Access Point uses a local database to
authenticated users.
• RADIUS—The Access Point uses a database on a
remote RADIUS server to authenticate users.
Redirect Specifies that CP should redirect the newly
authenticated client to the configured URL. If this option
is clear, the user sees the locale-specific welcome page
after a successful verification.
Redirect URL Enter the URL (including http://), either IPv4 or an IPv6
address, to which the newly authenticated client is
redirected if the URL Redirect Mode is enabled. The IPv4
address should be in a form similar to http://xxx.xxx.xxx.
xxx (http://192.0.2.10). The IPv6 address should be in a
form similar to http://[xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx::xxxx:xxxx:xxx
x:xxxx] (http://[2001:DB8::CAD5:7D91]). The range is from
0 to 256 characters.
Away Time The amount of time a user remains in the CP
authenticated client list after it disassociates from the AP.
If the time specified in this field expires before the client
attempts to reauthenticate, its entry is removed from
the authenticated client list. The range is from 0 to 1440
minutes. The default value is 60 minutes.
Note: An away timeout value is also configured for
each user. See the Local Users page. The user’s away
timeout value has precedence over the value configured
here.
Session
Timeout
The amount of time to wait before terminating a session.
A user is logged out after the session timeout is reached.
If the value is set to 0, the timeout is not enforced. The
range is from 0 to 1440 minutes. The default value is 0.
Max Bandwidth
Upstream
The maximum upload speed, in megabits per second,
that a client can transmit traffic when using the captive
portal. This setting limits the bandwidth at which the
client can send data into the network. The range is from
0 to 300 Mbps. The default value is 0.
Max Bandwidth
Downstream
The maximum download speed, in megabits per second,
that a client can receive traffic when using the captive
portal. This setting limits the bandwidth at which the
client can receive data from the network. The range is
from 0 to 300 Mbps. The default value is 0.
User Group
Name
The user group associated with this instance. Each CP
user is associated with a group, and a group is associated
with a CP instance.