Wireless Access Point
282 Configuring the Wireless AP
15. WPR (Web Page Redirect, also called captive portal): Check the checkbox
to enable the Web Page Redirect functionality, or clear it to disable this
option. If enabled, WPR configuration fields will be displayed under the
SSID Limits section. This feature may be used to provide an alternate
mode of authentication, or to simply display a splash screen when a user
first associates to the wireless network. After that, it can (optionally)
redirect the user to an alternate URL. For example, some wireless devices
and users may not have a correctly configured 802.1x (RADIUS)
supplicant. Utilizing WPR’s Web-based login, users may be authenticated
without using an 802.1x supplicant. See “Web Page Redirect (Captive
Portal) Configuration” on page 286 for details of WPR usage and
configuration. If your venue is using Purple WiFi for guest access, see
also “Web Page Redirect for Purple WiFi Venues” on page 293.
You may specify “Whitelist” entries—a list of web sites to which users
have unrestricted access, without needing to be redirected to the WPR
page first. See “Whitelist Configuration for Web Page Redirect” on
page 292 for details.
16. Fallback: Network Assurance checks network connectivity for the AP.
When Network Assurance detects a failure, perhaps due to a bad link or
WDS failure, if Fallback is set to Disable the AP will automatically
disable this SSID. This will disassociate current clients, and prevent new
clients from associating. Since the AP’s network connectivity has failed,
this gives clients a chance to connect to other, operational parts of the
wireless network. No changes are made to WDS configuration. See Step a
on page 242 for more information on Network Assurance.
17. Mobile Device Management (MDM): If you are an AirWatch customer
and wish to have AirWatch manage mobile device access to the wireless
network on this SSID, select AirWatch from the drop-down list. Before
selecting this option, you must configure your AirWatch settings. See
“AirWatch” on page 404.
When using WPR, it is particularly important to adhere to the SSID
naming restrictions detailed in Step 1.
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