Users Guide

Splash Page Type Description and steps to set up
6. Reauth interval— When set to a value
greater than zero, the Access Points
periodically reauthenticates all associated
and authenticated clients.
7. Accounting — When enabled, the Access
Points posts accounting information as
RADIUS START and RADIUS STOP
accounting records to the RADIUS server.
8. Accounting interval — When set to a
value greater than zero, the Access Point
periodically posts accounting information
as RADIUS INTERIM accounting records
to the RADIUS server.
9. Blacklisting— Select Enabled to enable
blacklisting of the clients with a specific
number of authentication failures.
10.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.
11.Walled Garden— 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.
External - Authentication Text
An external splash page returns a specified
string to indicate successful authentication.
l IP or hostname— Enter the IP or
hostname of the external server in the IP
or hostname text box.
l URL— Enter the URL of the captive portal
page in the URL text box.
l Port— Enter the number of the port to be
used for communicating with the external
server in the Port text box.
l Auth text — Indicates the text string
returned by the external server after a
successful authentication.
l Redirect URL— Specify a redirect URL if
you want to override the user's original
request and redirect them to another URL.
By default, after entering the requested
info at the splash page, the user is
redirected to the URL that was originally
requested.
1. Reauth interval— When set to a value
greater than zero, the Access Points
periodically reauthenticate all associated
and authenticated clients.
2. Blacklisting— Select Enabled to enable
blacklisting of the clients with a specific
number of authentication failures.
3. Max authentication failures— Users who
fail to authenticate the number of times
specified here are dynamically
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