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Captive Portal
Instance Configuration
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The Captive Portal Instance Parameters fields reappear with additional options.
Instance Configuration—Config 2
STEP 5 Configure the parameters:
• Instance ID—The instance ID. This field is nonconfigurable.
• Administrative Mode—Enables and disables the CP instance.
• Protocol—Specifies HTTP or HTTPs as the protocol for the CP instance to use during
the verification process.
- HTTP—Does not use encryption during verification.
- HTTPS—Uses the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), which requires a certificate to
provide encryption.
The certificate is presented to the user at connection time.
• Verification—The authentication method for CP to use to verify clients:
- Guest—The user does not need to be authenticated by a database.