Wireless/Redundant Edge Services xl Module Management and Configuration Guide WS.02.xx and greater

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Web Authentication for Mobile Users
Configuring Web-Auth
Loading Custom Pages onto the Wireless Edge Services
xl Module’s Internal Server (Advanced)
As discussed earlier, the Wireless Edge Services xl Module can act as the Web
server for Web-Auth. As an alternative to using the module’s default (pre-
configured) Web-Auth pages, you can load your own pages onto the module.
This advanced option gives you greater freedom in designing your Web pages
than simply customizing the text on the default pages.
For advanced Web-Auth configuration, you install an entire directory (.tar) on
the module. The directory holds the Web-Auth pages and can include subdi-
rectories as well. The Web pages can be as simple or complex as you like, but
must include at least these three pages:
■ login.html
■ welcome.html
■ fail.html
These pages must contain certain commands which are described in “Config-
uring Custom Web-Auth Pages” on page 5-35.
When you install the directory, the Wireless Edge Services xl Module copies
the pages in that directory to this location: flash:/hotspot/wlanX. X is replaced
by the index number of the WLAN that you are configuring.
1. Create custom Web-Auth pages and group them in a tar file.
2. Load the directory that you have created onto a File Transfer Protocol
(FTP) or Trivial FTP (TFTP) server.
3. Complete the steps described in “Configuring Basic Options and Access-
ing the Web-Auth Screen” on page 5-11.
4. You should be on the Web-Auth screen for the WLAN. Select Advanced from
the drop-down menu at the top of the screen. (See Figure 5-19.)