D-Link DWS-3024L User Manual - Page 171

9 Configuring the Captive Portal Table 58 describes the fields on the CP Configuration page. Table 58. CP Configuration Field Enable Captive Portal Configuration Name Protocol Mode Verification Mode URL Redirect Mode Redirect URL Session Timeout Idle Timeout Description Select the check box to enable the CP. Clear the check box to disable it. This field allows you to change the name of the portal added from the CP Summary page. Choose whether to use HTTP or HTTPs as the protocol for the portal to use during the verification process. • HTTP: Does not use encryption during verification • HTTPS: Uses the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), which requires a certificate to provide encryption. The certificate is presented to the user at connection time. Select the mode for the CP to use to verify clients: • Guest: The user does not need to be authenticated by a database. • Local: The switch uses a local database to authenticated users. • RADIUS: The switch uses a database on a remote RADIUS server to authenticate users. Select the check box to specify that the CP should redirect the newly authenticated client to the configured URL. If the check box is clear, the user sees the locale-specific welcome page after a successful verification. Specify the URL to which the newly authenticated client is redirected if the URL Redirect Mode is enabled. Enter the number of seconds to wait before terminating a session. A user is logged out once the session timeout is reached. If the value is set to 0 then the timeout is not enforced. The default value is 0. Enter the number of seconds a user can remain idle before automatically being logged out. If the value is set to 0 then the timeout is not enforced.The default value is 0. Configuring the Captive Portal 171