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External Captive Portal Dell Instant supports external captive portal authentication. The external portal can be in a 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 Network box appears. 2. In the Basic Info tab, perform the following: 1. Enter a name for the network in the Name (SSID) text box. 2. Select Guest and click Next. 3. In the Security tab, click External and perform the following steps: 1. Enter the IP address or the hostname in the IP or hostname text box. 2. Enter the URL for the splash page in the URL text box. 3. Enter the number of the port to be used for communicating with the external server in the Port text box. 4. In the Authentication text box, enter the unique signature that the external server will return in the response after a successful authentication. The 'authentication text' is not mandatory. Figure 71 Configuring External Captive Portal when adding a Guest Network 4. Authentication server 1: Select New and update the fields for the external RADIUS server to authenticate user credentials at runtime. Refer to "Configuring an External RADIUS Server" on page 79 for more details on server settings. 5. Reauth interval-When set to a value greater than zero, the Access Points will periodically reauthenticate all associated and authenticated clients. 6. Click Next to continue and then click Finish. Dell PowerConnect W-Series Instant Access Point 6.1.2.3-2.0.0.0 | User Guide Authentication | 89

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Dell PowerConnect W-Series Instant Access Point 6.1.2.3-2.0.0.0
| User Guide
Authentication
|
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External Captive Portal
Dell Instant supports external captive portal authentication. The external portal can be in a 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 Network
box appears.
2.
In the
Basic Info
tab, perform the following:
1.
Enter a name for the network in the
Name (SSID)
text box.
2.
Select
Guest
and click
Next.
3.
In the
Security
tab, click
External
and perform the following steps:
1.
Enter the IP address or the hostname in the
IP or hostname
text box.
2.
Enter the URL for the splash page in the
URL
text box.
3.
Enter the number of the port to be used for communicating with the external server in the
Port
text box.
4.
In the
Authentication
text box, enter the unique signature that the external server will return in the
response after a successful authentication. The 'authentication text' is not mandatory.
Figure 71
Configuring External Captive Portal when adding a Guest Network
4.
Authentication server 1
: Select New and update the fields for the external RADIUS server to authenticate
user credentials at runtime. Refer to
“Configuring an External RADIUS Server” on page
79
for more details
on server settings.
5.
Reauth interval
—When set to a value greater than zero, the Access Points will periodically reauthenticate all
associated and authenticated clients.
6.
Click
Next
to continue and then click
Finish.