Aruba Networks AirOS v2.3, User Manual

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Configuring the Captive Portal 87
Chapter 7
6 From the pop-down menu select the desired role the user will be placed in after logon.
7 Uncheck the
Enable User Logon
checkbox if the intended use of captive portal is for
guest logon alone. If Captive Portal will be also used to authenticate users against a AAA
server, leave this option selected.
8 Set the protocol type
http
or
https
as per the requirement.
9 Set the welcome page location to the required URL.
10 Click
Apply
to apply the configuration.
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The configuration does not take effect till this step is completed.
Example
This examples sets up the captive portal for guest only logon:
z
The user gets cap_guest role which allows user to access the internet only.
z
If CPU utilization is above 50% wait for 10 -15 seconds before popping up logon
page.
z
In this example, there is no “ pause time ” before redirecting to the captive portal page.
Redirect Pause Timeout This is the time seconds, the system remains in the initial
welcome page before re-directing the user to the final web URL.
If set to 0, the welcome page is skipped.
Default: 10 secs
Welcome Page Location The welcome page is the page that appears soon after logon and
before re-direction to the web URL. This can be set to any URL.
Default: /auth/welcome.html
Logon wait Interval Time range in seconds, the user will have to wait for the logon
page to pop up in case the CPU load is high. This works in
conjunction with the CPU Utilization Threshold.
Default: 5 – 10 secs
CPU Utilization Threshold The CPU utilization percentage above which the Logon wait
interval gets applied while presenting the user with the logon
page.
Default value: 60 %