Administrator Guide

Parameter Description
MACCaching Settings
Cache duration for
Employee
Enter the duration from the options: One day, One week, One month, or Six months to
which the MAC account will remain valid for the Employee role. After this the guest must
re-authenticate using captive portal.
Cache duration for
Guest
Enter the duration from the options: Account Expiry Time, One day, One week, One month,
or Six months to which the MAC account will remain valid for the Guest role. After this the
guest must re-authenticate using captive portal.
NOTE: You must enter cache duration for at least one role.
Cache duration for
Contractor role
Enter the duration from the options: Account Expiry Time, One day, One week, One month,
or Six months to which the MAC account will remain valid for the Contractor role. After
this the guest must re-authenticate using captive portal.
Posture Settings
Enable Posture Checks Select the check box to perform health checks post authentication.
Host Operating
System
Select the type of the host operating system: Windows, Linux, or Mac OS X.
Quarantine Message Specify the quarantine message that will appear on the client.
Initial Role/VLAN Enter the initial role of the client before posture checks are performed.
Quarantine Role/VLAN Enter the role of clients that fail posture checks.
Access Restrictions
Guest Role/VLAN Enter the Guest role to which the access to be restricted.
Employee Role/VLAN
Enter the Employee role to which the access to be restricted.
Contractor Role/VLAN
Enter the Contractor role to which the access to be restricted.
Captive Portal
Role/VLAN
Enter the Captive Portal role to which the access to be restricted.
Days allowed for
access
Select the duration in number of days to enable on which the guest users are allowed
network access.
Maximum number of
devices allowed per
user
Enter a number to define how many devices users can connect to the network.
Maximum bandwidth
allowed per user
Enter a number to set an upper limit for the amount of data in megabytes to which a user
is allowed per day. A value of 0 (zero), the default, means no limit is set.
Table 48:
User Authentication with MAC Caching Service Template Parameters (Continued)
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