Configuring Captive Portal Configuration Parameters

Table 68 describes configuration parameters on the WebUI Captive Portal Authentication profile page.

NOTE: In the CLI, you configure these options with the aaa authentication captive-portalcommands.

Table 68: Captive Portal Authentication Profile Parameters

Parameter

Description

Black List

Name of an existing black list on an IPv4 or IPv6 network destination. The black list contains websites

 

(unauthenticated) that a guest cannot access.

 

 

Default Guest

Role assigned to guest.

Role

Default: guest

 

 

Default Role

Role assigned to the Captive Portal user upon login. When both user and guest logon are enabled, the

 

default role applies to the user logon; users logging in using the guest interface are assigned the guest

 

role.

 

Default: guest

 

 

Show Welcome

Displays the configured welcome page before the user is redirected to their original URL. If this option is

Page

disabled, users are redirected to the web URL immediately after they log in.

 

Default: Enabled

 

 

Guest Login

Enables Captive Portal logon without authentication.

 

Default: Disabled

 

 

Login Page

URL of the page that appears for the user logon. This can be set to any URL.

 

Default: /auth/index.html

 

 

Logon wait

Configure parameters for the logon wait interval

maximum wait

Default: 10 seconds

 

 

Logon wait CPU

CPU utilization percentage above which the Logon wait interval is applied when presenting the user with

utilization

the logon page.

threshold

Default: 60%

 

 

Logon wait

Minimum time, in seconds, the user will have to wait for the logon page to pop up if the CPU load is

minimum wait

high. This works in conjunction with the Logon wait CPU utilization threshold parameter.

 

Default: 5 seconds

 

 

Logout popout

Enables a pop-up window with the Logout link for the user to logout after logon. If this is disabled, the

window

user remains logged in until the user timeout period has elapsed or the station reloads.

 

Default: Enabled

 

 

Max

Maximum number of authentication failures before the user is blacklisted.

Authentication

Default: 0

failures

 

 

 

Use HTTP for

Use HTTP protocol on redirection to the Captive Portal page. If you use this option, modify the captive

authentication

portal policy to allow HTTP traffic.

 

Default: disabled (HTTPS is used)

 

 

Redirect Pause

Time, in seconds, that the system remains in the initial welcome page before redirecting the user to the

 

final web URL. If set to 0, the welcome page displays until the user clicks on the indicated link.

 

Default: 10 seconds

 

 

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