Administrator Guide

Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting 341
Configuring Captive Portal (CLI)
This section provides information about the commands you use to create and
configure CP settings. For more information about the commands, see the
Dell Networking N1500, N2000, N3000, and N4000 Series Switches CLI
Reference Guide
at www.dell.com/support.
Configuring Global Captive Portal Settings
Beginning in Privileged EXEC mode, use the following commands to
configure global CP settings.
Command Purpose
configure Enter global configuration mode.
captive-portal Enter Captive Portal mode.
http port
port-num (Optional) Configure an additional HTTP port for CP to
monitor. Use this command on networks that use an
HTTP proxy server.
port-num — The port number to monitor (Range:
1–65535, excluding ports 80, 443, and the configured
switch management port).
https port port-num (Optional) Configure an additional HTTPS port for CP to
monitor. Use this command on networks that use an
HTTPS proxy server.
port-num — The port number to monitor Range:
1–65535, excluding ports 80, 443, and the configured
switch management port).
authentication timeout
timeout
(Optional) Configure the number of seconds the user has
to enter valid credentials into the verification page. If the
user exceeds the configured timeout, the verification page
needs to be served again in order for the client to gain
access to the network.
timeout — The authentication timeout (Range: 60–600
seconds).
enable Globally enable the CP feature.