Wireless Access Point
292 Configuring the Wireless AP
Whitelist Configuration for Web Page Redirect
On a per-SSID basis, the whitelist allows you to specify Internet destinations that
stations can access without first having to pass the WPR (captive portal) login/
splash page. Note that a whitelist may be specified for a user group as well. See
“Group Management” on page 305.
Figure 157. Whitelist Configuration for WPR
To add a web site to the whitelist for this SSID, enter it in the provided field, then
click Create. You may enter an IP address or a domain name. Up to 32 entries may
be created.
Example whitelist entries:
Hostname: www.yahoo.com (but not www.yahoo.com/abc/def.html)
Wildcards are supported: *.yahoo.com
IP address: 121.122.123.124
Some typical applications for this feature are:
to add allowed links to the WPR page
to add a link to terms of use that may be hosted on another site
to allow embedded video on WPR page
Note the following details of the operation of this feature:
The list is configured on a per-SSID basis. You must have WPR enabled
for the SSID to see this section of the SSID Management page.
When a station that has not yet passed the WPR login/splash page
attempts to access one of the white-listed addresses, it will be allowed
access to that site as many times as requested.
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