Chapter 15 Captive Portal
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 99 Configuration > Captive Portal > Redirect on AP
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Authentication
Policy Group
This section allows you to view, create and manage the authentication policy groups which
can be applied to a group of managed APs.
Add Click this to create a new entry.
Edit Double-click an entry or select it and click Edit to open a screen where you can modify the
entry’s settings.
Remove To remove an entry, select it and click Remove. The NXC confirms you want to remove it before
doing so.
Object
References
Select an entry and click Object References to open a screen that shows which settings use the
entry.
# This displays the index number of the policy group.
Name This displays the name of the policy group.
Description This displays the description of the policy group.
Authentication
Policy Rule
This section allows you to view, create and manage the authentication policies which can be
added to a policy group or applied to an individual managed AP.
The table defines how captive portal interception is implemented using the source IPs, and
destination IPs that you specify.
Add Click this to create a new entry.
Edit Double-click an entry or select it and click Edit to open a screen where you can modify the
entry’s settings.
Remove To remove an entry, select it and click Remove. The NXC confirms you want to remove it before
doing so.
Activate To turn on an entry, select it and click Activate.
Inactivate To turn off an entry, select it and click Inactivate.
# This displays the index number of the policy.
Status This indicates whether a policy is active or inactive.
Profile Name This indicates the name of the policy.
SSID Profile This indicates the name of the SSID profile to which the policy is applied.
Source This indicates the source IP address to be monitored by the policy.
All traffic from the source IP has the policy applied to it.
Destination This indicates the destination IP address to be monitored by the policy.
All traffic going to the destination IP has the policy applied to it.
Schedule This indicates which Schedule objects (if any) is applied to the policy. A schedule object allows
you to configure which times the rule is in effect.
Authentication This indicates whether authentication is required for the policy.
Login Page This displays the login page theme when Authentication Type is set to Internal Web Portal or
External Web Portal in the Auth. Policy Group Add/Edit screen. Otherwise, it shows No
Authentication.
Auth. Method This displays the authentication method used for the captive portal page.
Description This displays the description of the policy. It has no intrinsic value to the system.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the NXC.
Reset Click Reset to return the screen to its last-saved settings.