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Figure 89 - Disabling Captive Portal Authentication
4. Click Next and then click Finish.
External Captive Portal
Dell W-Instant supports external captive portal authentication. The external portal can be on the
cloud or on a server outside the enterprise network.
Configuring External Captive Portal Authentication when Adding a Guest Network
To configure external captive portal authentication when adding a guest network, perform the
following steps:
1. In the Network tab, click the New link. The New WLAN window appears.
2. In the WLAN Settings tab, perform the following:
1. Enter a name for the network in the Name (SSID) text box.
2. Select Guest and click Next to continue .
3. Use the VLAN tab to specify how the clients on this network get their IP address and VLAN.
4. Click Next to continue.
5. In the Security tab, select External - Authentication Text from the Splash page type drop-
down list and enter the Auth text . This entry is not mandatory. The Authentication text
indicates the text string returned by the external server after a successful authentication.
Or
Select External - RADIUS Server from the Splash page type drop-down list and select New from
the Auth server 1 and Auth server 2 to add a RADIUS server.
1. IP or hostname — Enter the IP address or the hostname of the external splash page server.
2. URL — Enter the URL for the external splash page server.
3. Port — Enter the number of the port to be used for communicating with the external
splash page server.
4. Redirect URL — Specify a redirect URL if you want to override the user's original request
and redirect them to another URL.
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