Installation guide

Network Setup
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5. Refer to the Allow List field, and enter any IP address (for internal or external Web sites) that may be
accessed by the Hotspot user without authentication.
6. Refer to the Status field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field displays
error messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the switch.
7. Click OK to use the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.
8. Click Cancel to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration.
Configuring Advanced Hotspot
A customer may wish to use advanced Web content (XML, Flash) but might not have (or would not want to use)
an external Web server, choosing instead to host the Web pages on the switch's HTTP Web server. Selecting
the Advanced option allows for importing the Web pages from an external source (like an FTP server) and
hosting them on the switch.
To use the Advanced option to define the hotspot:
1. Select Network > Wireless LANs from the main menu tree.
2. Select an existing WLAN from those displayed within the Configuration tab.
3. Click the Edit button.
4. Select the Hotspot button from within the Authentication field.
NOTE When using an external hotspot page for redirection, certain HTML codes must be
included on the pages to properly redirect to the switch.
For the Login and Welcome pages, the following code must be modified:
form action="https ://<ip address of the switch>:444/cgi-bin/hslogin.cgi"
method="POST
"
For the Welcome page the following code must also be modified:
href="http://<ip address of the web server>/login.htm
If the above code is not modified and included, switch redirection may not work.
NOTE In certain instances, an associated MU may not be able to ping the host within the
hotspot. For instance, a hotspot supported WLAN is enabled. Within the Allowed
List, a network (157.235.95.0) is added. An MU is associated, and an IP address is
obtained for the MU. The MU is then unsuccessful in pinging the host IP address
(157.235.95.54) from within the hotspot. Consequently, the Allowed List should be
used for host IPs only.
NOTE If the Web-server is located on a VLAN other than the one on which the MUs will
be associated, specify the IP address for the VLAN on which the server is located
within the Allow List.