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The URL should be of the form https://host/logout.html. By default, the

 

logout URL uses the IP address of the WX switch as the host part of

 

the URL. The host can be either an IP address or a hostname.

 

Specifying the logout URL is useful if you want to standardize it across

 

your network. For example, you can configure the logout URL on all of

 

the WX switches in the Mobility Domain as

 

wifizone.3com.com/logout.html, where wifizone.3com.com resolves to

 

one of the WX switches in the Mobility Domain, ideally the seed.

 

To log out of the network, the user can click the “End Session” button in

 

the pop-under window, or request the logout URL directly.

 

Standardizing the logout URL serves as a backup means for the user to

 

log out in case the pop-under window is closed inadvertently. Note that if

 

a user requests the logout URL, he or she must enter a username and

 

password in order to identify the session on the WX. (This is not necessary

 

when the user clicks the “End Session” button in the pop-under

 

window.) Both the username and password are required to identify the

 

session. If there is more than one session with the same username, then

 

requesting the logout URL does not end any session.

 

Also note that an adminstrative certificate must be configured on the WX

 

switches in order for the Web Portal WebAAA logout process to work.

 

 

Configuring

Users who are not authenticated and authorized by 802.1X methods or a

Last-Resort Access

MAC address can gain limited access to the network as guest users. You

 

can configure an SSID to allow anonymous guest access, by setting its

 

fallthru authentication type to last-resort. The authorization attributes

 

assigned to last-resort users come from the default authorization

 

attributes set on the SSID.

To configure an SSID to allow last-resort access:

„Set the SSID name, if not already set.

„Set the fallthru access type of the SSID’s service profile to last-resort.

„Set the vlan-name and other authorization attributes on the SSID’s service profile.

„If the SSID type will be crypto (the default), configure encryption settings.

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