Customizing the Web Auth Login Screen
When a Cisco system operator uses Web Authorization (Web Auth) to authenticate clients, the operator must define User Names and Passwords for each client, and then the clients must enter a valid username and password when prompted. Because the Cisco WLAN Solution operator may want to customize the Web Auth Login screen, the following two sections describe the default operation and how to customize the Web Auth Login screen.
•Default Web Auth Operation
•Customizing Web Auth Operation
•Sample Customized Web Auth Login Page
Default Web Auth Operation
When the network operator uses Web Authorization (Web Auth) to authorize clients, the first time clients attempt to access a URL they may receive a Security Alert from their web browser similar to the following:
Figure - Typical Security Alert
After answering Yes to the Do you want to Proceed? prompt or if there is no Security Alert, Operating System redirects the client to a Login screen that the client must use to log in using an authorized username and password.
The client must respond with a username and password predefined using the Local Net Users > New Web User page, or using the config netuser add command line interface (CLI) command.
Note that the Default Cisco WLAN Solution Login Screen contains Cisco WLAN
•The Cisco WLAN Solution logo in the
•The Web Title “Welcome to the Cisco WLAN Solution wireless network.”
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