Chapter 15 Captive Portal
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15.2.1 Add Exceptional Services
This screen allows you to manage exceptions to captive portal interception. Click the Add button in the
Exceptional Services table on the Captive Portal screen to access this screen.
Note: If you want 802.1x to work properly, you must set BOOTP_Client and DNS as exceptional
services.
Figure 114 Configuration > Captive Portal > Add Exceptional Services
Remove Select an entry and click this to delete the rule.
# This field is a sequential value, and it is not associated with a specific rule.
SSID Profile Select an existing SSID profile.
Caching Time
(hour)
Specify how long each client (connected to the SSID defined in the SSID profile) can use the
information (especially the IP address) before it has to request the information again or how
long the client can log into the network via MAC authentication.
Exceptional Services
Add Click to add a service that is allowed to by-pass the captive portal. This allows certain
networking features (such as being able to connect to a DNS server, one of the pre-configured
default exceptions), to remain unhindered.
Remove Select an exception from the table then click this button to remove it. Once removed, all traffic
from the specified protocol goes back to being intercepted by the captive portal.
# This is the index number of the Exceptional Services list entry.
Exceptional
Services
This column lists the services that you have flagged as exceptions to captive portal
interception.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the NXC.
Reset Click Reset to return the screen to its last-saved settings.
Table 91 Configuration > Captive Portal (continued)
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