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9.3.3 Example of configuring email authentication
Networking requirement
An enterprise wants to establish a network and regulate the use of the network with the router. The
requirements include:
- Email authentication is required for employees who want to access the internet through the
LAN port of the router or the wireless network Tenda_W20E.
- No upload or download rate limit is specified for employees.
- Employees are directed to www.tenda.com.cn after being authenticated.
- The network administrator is free from authentication when accessing the internet.
Solution
The requirement can be met with email authentication.
Assume the MAC address of the network administrator’s computer is 44:37:E6:12:34:56, and the
parameters of the email server are as follows:
- Email address: [e-mail]
- Email password: abc123456
- SMTP server: smtp.163.com
- SMTP server port: 465
- Account for test: [e-mail]
Configuration procedure
Step 1 Configure local user authentication.
1. Choose Authentication > Captive Portal.
2. Enable Captive Portal.
3. Select Email Authentication in the Authentication Type drop-down list.
4. Set Valid Duration, such as 8 hours.
5. Select Choose, choose the networks that the local user authentication is applied to, and
click Save
Step 2 Configure email server settings.