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10. Blacklisting— Select Enabled to enable blacklisting of the clients with a specific number of
authentication failures.
11. Max authentication failures— Users who fail to authenticate the number of times specified
here are dynamically blacklisted. The maximum value for this entry is 10.
Navigate to PEF > Blacklisting in the Dell W-Series Instant UI to specify the duration of the
blacklisting on the Blacklisting tab of the PEF window.
12. Walled garden — Click on the link to open the Walled Garden window. The walled garden
directs the user’s navigation within particular areas to allow access to a selection of websites or
prevent access to other websites. For more information, see "Walled Garden Access" on page
134.
13. Click Next to continue and then click Finish.
Configuring External Captive Portal Authentication when Editing a Guest Network
To configure external captive portal authentication when editing a guest network, perform the
following steps:
1. In the Network tab, click the network for which you want to configure the external captive
portal authentication. The edit link for the network appears.
2. Click the edit link. The Edit window for the network appears.
3. Navigate to the Security tab and perform the following steps:
4. Select External - RADIUS Server or External - Authentication Text from the Splash page
type drop down list.
5. Use the fields below to specify/edit the server for this guest network’s splash page.
Splash page type — External - Authentication Text
a. Reauth interval — When set to a value greater than zero, the Access Points periodically
reauthenticate all associated and authenticated clients.
b. Blacklisting—Select Enabled to enable blacklisting of the clients with a specific number
of authentication failures.
c. Max authentication failures— Users who fail to authenticate the number of times
specified here are dynamically blacklisted. The maximum value for this entry is 10.
Navigate to PEF > Blacklisting in the Dell W-Series Instant UI to specify the duration of
the blacklisting on the Blacklisting tab of the PEF window.
d. Walled Garden— Click on the link to open the Walled Garden window. The walled
garden directs the user’s navigation within particular areas to allow access to a selection of
websites or prevent access to other websites. For more information, see "Walled Garden
Access" on page 134.
e. Encryption— Select Enabled from the drop-down list and perform the following steps
(these steps are optional). Select the required key management option from the Key
management drop-down list. Available options are:
n WPA-2 Personal
n WPA Personal
n Both (WPA-2 & WPA)
n Passphrase format — Specify either an alphanumeric or a hexadecimal string. Ensure
that the hexadecimal string must be exactly 64 digits in length.
n Passphrase — Enter a pre-shared key (PSK) passphrase.
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