Wireless/Redundant Edge Services xl Module Management and Configuration Guide WS.01.03 or greater

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Web Authentication for Mobile Users

Configuring Web-Auth Pages That Are Stored on an External Web Server

Configuring Web-Auth Pages That Are

Stored on an External Web Server

If you want to design your own Web-Auth pages and store them on an external

server, you must create a login page, a welcome page, and a failed page. To

enable Web-Auth support, you must incorporate specific CGI code on both

the login page and the welcome page:

■ Login page—You must include CGI code that allows users to enter their

Services xl Module. The module, in turn, submits this information to the

RADIUS server.

■ Welcome page—You must include CGI code that disconnects the user’s

station from your company’s network services and displays the login page

again.

You do not have to include any specific CGI commands on the failed page.

Configuring the CGI Commands for the Login Page

When you create the login page, you can include any text and graphical

elements you want as long as you include the CGI code shown in Figure 7-21.

The required code specifies the IP address of the Wireless Edge Services xl

Module and includes the commands that submit the user’s login credentials

to the module.

In addition, the CGI code shown in Figure 7-21 configures a small form that

includes a username field and a password field. You can customize the font

and the appearance of the form as needed to fit the other design elements on

your company’s login page.