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Public Space Parameters

Home Page Redirection (HPR)

This tab is used to redirect the subscriber’s browser to a specified home page following successful authentication. To
redirect subscribers to a specified page before authentication, use the Portal Page feature with internal authentication
(see Portal Page) or use external authentication (see External Authentication).
Note that the Nomadix-URL-Redirection RADIUS Vendor Specific Attribute (VSA) takes precedence over the Home
Page Redirection option (that is, if you have HPR enabled and you have configured the Nomadix-URL-Redirection
VSA, a RADIUS client will be redirected to the page specified by the VSA and not by HPR). See RADIUS Messages
and RADIUS Attributes.
Follow these steps to enable Home Page Redirection:
1. Login to the Web browser.
2. Click PublicSpace > HPR.
3. Place a check mark in the Enable Home Page Redirection box.
• If Home Page Redirection is disabled and you do not use a Portal Page, the subscriber will be redirected to
the Web site that he/she initially requested prior to authentication.
4. Place a check mark in the Enable Parameter Passing box, if applicable.
• This parameter is optional. You do not need to enable this parameter if you want to direct customers directly to
a particular site (such as http://www.myhotspot.com) after successful authentication. You should enable this
optional only if you want to return the subscriber to the Web site that he/she requested prior to authentication
(and you use a Portal Page).
• If you use a Portal Page, the AP-2500 can track a subscriber’s initial Web request (typically the subscriber’s
home page) when Parameter Passing is enabled. Then, after successful authentication, you can direct the
subscriber back to this page from a customized confirmation screen (see the confirm.asp sample described in
the Portal Page section for an example of this).
• The sample ASP portal pages contain an example of how to store and retrieve the subscriber’s initial Web
request (known as the Originating Server or OS). See Portal Page for more information.
NOTE
When Parameter Passing is enabled, the AP-2500 converts an OS statement in DNS format to an IP address.
If a customer’s OS request is for a URL that contains subdirectories (such as
http://www.myhotspot.com/mysite/index.html), then the AP may truncate this to the site’s default Web page
(http://www.myhotspot.com/) following the DNS to IP conversion. Therefore, after successful authentication, a
user may not necessarily be redirected to the site he/she initially requested.
5. Enter the address for the page to which authenticated subscribers will be directed in the Redirected URL field.
• You must configure DNS if you want to enter meaningful URLs instead of numeric IP addresses.
6. Enter a Redirection Frequency in the field provided. This is the number of minutes that will elapse before a
subscriber is automatically redirected back to the specified Redirection URL.
• By default, this parameter is set to 3600 minutes (60 hours).
• Do not set this parameter to 0; your subscribers will be redirected to the specified Redirection URL each time
he/she tries to access a new Web page.
7. Click OK.