Chapter 15 Captive Portal
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Welcome URL Specify the welcome page’s URL; for example, http://IIS server IP Address/welcome.html.
The Internet Information Server (IIS) is the web server on which the web portal files are installed.
Session URL Specify the session page’s URL; for example, http://IIS server IP Address/session.html. This page
records the lease-timeout, reauth-timeout, and session-timeout for a user. The user can also
click a logout button to log out.
The Internet Information Server (IIS) is the web server on which the web portal files are installed.
Error URL Specify the error page’s URL; for example, http://IIS server IP Address/error.html.
The Internet Information Server (IIS) is the web server on which the web portal files are installed.
User-logout
URL
Specify the URL of the page from which users can terminate their sessions; for example, http://
IIS server IP Address/userlogout.html.
The Internet Information Server (IIS) is the web server on which the web portal files are installed.
Download Click this to download an example web portal file for your reference.
No
Authentication
Select this to disable web authentication.
Note: You must configure a web site address (in the Enable Promotion URL field), to
which the users will be redirected.
Note: If you enable captive portal and select No Authentication, the users use the
“ua-users” account to log into the NXC and access the Internet.
Promotion URL
The NXC opens the specified web site when a user attempts to access the Internet.
Note: The web page (you configured in the Enable Promotion URL field) only appears once per user
session. It may not open on an Android device or when you select to display the QR code on the
login page for authentication.
Enable
Promotion URL
Enter the URL or IP address of the web page, that displays as the first web page when the user
connects to the Internet.
Use “http://” followed by up to 262 characters (0-9a-zA-Z;/?:@&=+$\.-_!~*'()%). For example,
http://www.example.com or http://172.16.1.35.
QR Code
Authentication
with QR code
Select this option to allow clients to authenticate themselves with a QR code.
A QR Code is a graphical representation of data it contains, which can be a URL. Users scan
the QR code on the web portal by running a scanning app on their mobile devices or desktops
and pointing the camera or webcam to the QR code. They then can quickly log into the
website without entering a username and password.
Guest
Account
Select a user or guest account that you created in the Object > User/Group > User screen.
Clients that authenticate with a QR code are represented by this account name in the user list.
Authenticator
-assisted
Select this option to display the QR code on the captive portal login page.
Clients can log in by entering the Guest Account information. They can also have the specified
Authenticator help to scan the QR code to authenticate.
QR Portal
Address
Select a VLAN interface on the NXC, through which the authenticator is allowed to access the
NXC.
Authenticator Select a user account or user group that you created in the Object > User/Group screen to act
as an authenticator. The authenticator assists clients in authentication with a QR code.
Note: The authenticator must be able to access the IP address of the specified VLAN
interface.
Table 98 Configuration > Captive Portal > Redirect on Controller: Add/Edit
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