140
| Captive Portal for Guest Access
Aruba Instant 6.5.0.0-4.3.0.0 | User Guide
Parameter
Description
l
To change the welcome text, click the first square box in the splash page, type
the required text in the
Welcome
text box, and then click
OK
. Ensure that the
welcome text does not exceed 127 characters.
l
To change the policy text, click the second square box in the splash page, type
the required text in the
Policy
text box, and click
OK
. Ensure that the policy
text does not exceed 255 characters.
l
Specify the URL to which you want to redirect the guest users.
l
To upload a custom logo, click
Upload your own custom logo Image
,
browse the image file, and click
upload image
.
l
To preview the captive portal page, click
Preview
.
External
If
External
is selected, perform the following steps:
l
Select a profile from the
Captive portal profile
drop-down list.
l
If you want to edit the profile, click
Edit
and update the following parameters:
l
Type
—Select either
Radius Authentication
(to enable user
authentication against a RADIUS server) or
Authentication
Text
(to specify the authentication text to be returned by the
external server after a successful user authentication).
l
IP or hostname
— Enter the IP address or the host name of the
external splash page server.
l
URL
— Enter the URL for the external splash page server.
l
Port
—Enter the port number.
l
Redirect URL
—Specify a redirect URL if you want to redirect
the users to another URL.
l
Captive Portal failure
—The
Captive Portal failure
drop-
down list allows you to configure Internet access for the guest
clients when the external captive portal server is not available.
Select
Deny Internet
to prevent clients from using the
network, or
Allow Internet
to allow the guest clients to access
Internet when the external captive portal server is not
available.
l
Automatic URL Whitelisting
—Select
Enabled
or
Disabled
to
enable or disable automatic whitelisting of URLs. On selecting
the check box for the external captive portal authentication, the
URLs allowed for the unauthenticated users to access are
automatically whitelisted. The automatic URL whitelisting is
disabled by default.
l
Auth Text
—Indicates the authentication text returned by the
external server after a successful user authentication.
Table 30:
Captive Portal Rule Configuration Parameters
6. Click
OK
. The enforce captive portal rule is created and listed as an access rule.
7. Create a role assignment rule based on the user role to which the captive portal access rule is assigned.
8. Click
Finish
.