Siemens SCALANCE W1750D UI User Manual

Captive Portal for Guest Access
13.5 Configuring External Captive Portal for Guest Network
SCALANCE W1750D UI
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Creating a Web Login Page in ClearPass Guest
The ClearPass Guest Visitor Management Appliance provides a simple and personalized
user interface through which operational staff can quickly and securely manage visitor
network access. With ClearPass Guest, the users can have a controlled access to a
dedicated visitor management user database. Through a customizable web portal, the
administrators can easily create an account, reset a password, or set an expiry time for
visitors. Visitors can be registered at reception and provisioned with an individual guest
account that defines the visitor profile and the duration of their visit. By defining a web login
page on the ClearPass Guest Visitor Management Appliance, you can to provide a
customized graphical login page for visitors accessing the network.
For more information on setting up the RADIUS web login page, refer to the RADIUS
Services section in the ClearPass Guest Deployment Guide.
Configuring RADIUS Server in SCALANCE W UI
To configure SCALANCE W to point to ClearPass Guest as an external captive portal server:
1. Select the WLAN SSID for which you want to enable external captive portal
authentication with ClearPass Policy Manager. You can also configure the RADIUS
server when configuring a new SSID profile.
2. On the
Security
tab, select
External
from the
Splash page type
drop-down list.
3. Select
New
from the
Captive portal profile
drop-down list and update the following:
– Enter the IP address of the ClearPass Guest server in the
IP or hostname
text box.
Obtain the ClearPass Guest IP address from your system administrator.
– Enter
/page_name.php
in the
URL
text box. This URL must correspond to the
Page
Name
configured in the ClearPass Guest RADIUS Web Login page. For example, if
the Page Name is
Siemens
, the URL should be
/name.php
in the SCALANCE W UI
.
– Enter the
Port
number (generally should be
80
). The ClearPass Guest server uses this
port for HTTP services.
– Click
OK
.
4. To create an external RADIUS server, select
New
from the
Authentication server 1
drop-
down list. For information on authentication server configuration parameters, see
Configuring an External Server for Authentication on page 154.
5. Click
Next
and then click
Finish
.
6. Click the updated SSID in the
Network
tab.
7. Open any browser and type any URL. SCALANCE W redirects the URL to ClearPass
Guest login page.
8. Log in to the network with the username and password specified while configuring the
RADIUS server.

Siemens SCALANCE W1750D UI Specifications

General

Brand	Siemens
Model	SCALANCE W1750D UI
Category	Wireless Access Point
Language	English