SMC Networks SMCWHSG44-G manual Authentication Session Control, Log-On Page Customization Settings

2.6.3. Authentication Session Control

Fig. 92. Authentication Session Control Settings.

Authentication session control settings are for controlling the lifetimes of user authentication sessions. The Idle timeout setting specifies how long a user can be idle without generating any traffic before being terminated. The Session timeout setting specifies the maximum session lifetime.

In addition, the Router provides a mechanism for detecting whether a user has left unexpectedly by handshaking between JavaScript code in the log-off authentication page and the Router. The log-off page notifies the Router periodically to announce user existence. When this mechanism for user existence detection is enabled (Keep alive functionality), the Router will terminate a user if no notification is received from the log-off page on the user's computer within the number of minutes specified by the Keep alive interval setting.

NOTE: A zero value in the Idle timeout, Session timeout, or Keep alive interval setting disables the corresponding functionality effectively.

NOTE: The Log-Off window cannot not be shown on a Windows CE-based Pocket PC due to different JavaScript behavior of Pocket Explorer. To support Windows CE-based clients, you have to disable the keep-alive mechanism; otherwise the clients will be terminated unexpectedly.

2.6.4. Authentication Page Customization

2.6.4.1.Log-On, Authentication Success, and Authentication Failure Pages

Log-on, authentication success, and authentication failure authentication pages can be customized in a similar way. You can specify the Text align- ment style, page title (HTML title) and the Contents. The Contents setting accepts HTML tagging. Clicking the Preview link shows a test page for you to see the results.

Fig. 93. Log-On Page Customization Settings.

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