WESM zl Management and Configuration Guide WT.01.28 and greater

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Web Authentication for Mobile Users
Configuring Web-Auth
Loading Custom Pages onto the Wireless Edge Services zl
Module’s Internal Server (Advanced)
As discussed earlier, the Wireless Edge Services zl 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 custom-
izing 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 subdirectories 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 “Configuring
Custom Web-Auth Pages” on page 5-35.
When you install the directory, the Wireless Edge Services zl 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 Accessing 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.)