Parameter

Description

server group

Name of the group of servers used to authenticate Captive Portal users.

 

 

Show FDQN

Allows the user to see and select the fully-qualified domain name (FQDN) on the login page. The FQDNs

 

shown are specified when configuring individual servers for the server group used with captive portal

 

authentication.

 

Default: Disabled

 

 

Show

Show the acceptable use policy page before the logon page.

Acceptable Use

Default: Disabled

Policy Page

 

 

 

Allow only one

Allows only one active user session at a time.

active user

Default: Disabled

session

 

 

 

Add switch IP

Sends the controller’s IP address in the redirection URL when external captive portal servers are used.

address in

An external captive portal server can determine the controller from which a request originated by

redirection URL

parsing the ‘switchip’ variable in the URL.

 

Default: Disabled

 

 

Use CHAP (non-

Use CHAP protocol. You should not use this option unless instructed to do so by a Dell representative.

standard)

Default: Disabled

 

 

User Logon

Enables Captive Portal with authentication of user credentials.

 

Default: Enabled

 

 

User VLAN

Sends the user’s VLAN ID in the redirection URL when external captive portal servers are used.

Redirection-url

 

 

 

Welcome Page

URL of the page that appears after logon and before redirection to the web URL. This can be set to any

 

URL.

 

Default: /auth/welcome.html

 

 

White List

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

 

authenticated websites that a guest can access.

 

 

White List

To add a netdestination to the captive portal whitelist, enter the destination host or subnet, then click

 

Add. The netdestination will be added to the whitelist. To remove a netdestination from the whitelist,

 

select it in the whitelist field, then click Delete.

 

If you have not yet defined a netdestination, use the CLI command netdestinationto define a destination

 

host or subnet before you add it to the whitelist.

 

This parameter requires the Public Access license.

 

 

Black List

To add a netdestination to the captive portal blacklist, enter the destination host or subnet, then click

 

Add. The netdestination will be added to the blacklist. To remove a netdestination from the blacklist,

 

select it in the blacklist field, then click Delete.

 

If you have not yet defined a netdestination, use the CLI command netdestinationto define a destination

 

host or subnet before you add it to the blacklist.

 

This parameter requires the Public Access license.

 

 

Enabling Optional Captive Portal Configurations

The following are optional captive portal configurations:

"Uploading Captive Portal Pages by SSID Association" on page 251

"Changing the Protocol to HTTP" on page 251

"Configuring Redirection to a Proxy Server" on page 252

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