Technical data
Configuring Meru Captive Portal
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7. Click OK.
The custom HTML files are now configured. You can configure up to four sets of
custom files, Captive Portal 1, Captive Portal 2, Captive Portal 3, and Captive Portal
4; or, you can use the default files. See Figure 25.
Configure Meru Captive Portal with the CLI
radius-profile defines the primary and secondary Captive Portal authentication
servers.
accounting-radius-profile defines the primary and secondary Captive Portal
accounting servers.
captive-portal > activity-timeout determines one timeout value. If a client is
idle for this many seconds, the client is asked to reauthenticate.
captive-portal > session-timeout determines one timeout value. If a client
session lasts this long (seconds), the client is asked to reauthenticate.
change_mac_state
ssl-server captive-portal-external-URL directs Captive Portal to use a
third-party solution located at the named URL.
captive-portal-auth-method sets authentication to internal (default for Meru) or
external for third-party solutions.
Captive Portal CLI Examples
This example configures Captive Portal with the CLI by completing these tasks:
Create a guest user ID (Guest) and password.
Enter the service start time (01/01/2010 00:00:00).
Enter the service end time (01/01/2011 00:00:00).
Show the Captive Portal.
MC3K-1(config)# guest-user ?
<guestname> Enter the name of the guest user.
MC3K-1(config)# guest-user Guest ?
<password> Enter the password of the guest user.
MC3K-1(config)# guest-user Guest XXXXX ?
<start-time> Enter the service start-time (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss) in double quotes.
MC3K-1(config)# guest-user Guest XXXXX "01/01/2010 00:00:00" ?
<end-time> Enter service end-time (mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss) in double quotes.
MC3K-1(config)# guest-user Guest XXXXX "01/01/2010 00:00:00" "01/01/2011 00:00:00" ?
<CR>
MC3K-1(config)# guest-user Guest XXXXX "01/01/2010 00:00:00" "01/01/2011 00:00:00"
Note:
The L3 User Session Timeout field is used for specific clients that have issues
in which they get de-authenticated upon entering sleep mode. This field specifies
that the controller will retain these clients in memory for the specified number of
minutes before the client is dropped from the captive portal authentication state.