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5.2.10 Profile Services Configuration
System Profile Configuration
A profile can contain specific guest access (captive portal) server configurations. These guest network access permissions can
be defined uniquely as profile requirements dictate.
To define a profile’s services configuration:
1. Select the Configuration tab from the Web UI.
2. Select Devices.
3. Select System Profile from the options on left-hand side of the UI.
4. Select Services.
Figure 5-111 Profile Services - Services screen
5. Refer to the Captive Portal Hosting field to select or set a guest access configuration (captive portal) for use with this
profile.
A captive portal is guest access policy for providing guests temporary and restrictive access to the access point managed
network.
A captive portal provides secure authenticated access using a standard Web browser. Captive portals provides
authenticated access by capturing and re-directing a wireless user's Web browser session to a captive portal login page
where the user must enter valid credentials to access to the wireless network. Once logged into the captive portal,
additional Agreement, Welcome and Fail pages provide the administrator with a number of options on screen flow and user
appearance.
Either select an existing captive portal policy, use the default captive portal policy or select the Create link to create a new
captive portal configuration that can be applied to this profile. For more information, see Configuring Captive Portal Policies
on page 9-2.
6. Refer to the Bonjour Gateway field to select or set a Bonjour Gateway Forwarding Policy.
Bonjour is Apple’s implementation of zero-configuration networking (Zeroconf). Zeroconf is a group of technologies that
include service discovery, address assignment and hostname resolution. Bonjour locates devices such as printers, other
computers and services that these computers offer over a local network.
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