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4. Click Next and then click Finish. External Captive Portal Dell 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 Network window 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 to continue. 3. Use the VLAN tab to specify how the clients on this network will get their IP address and VLAN.Click Next to continue. 4. In the Security tab, select External from the Splash page type drop-down list and perform the following steps: 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. Authentication text: Indicates the text string returned by the external server after a successful authentication. This entry is not mandatory. Figure 83 Configuring External Captive Portal when Adding a Guest Network 5. 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 95 for more details on server settings. 6. Reauth interval - When set to a value greater than zero, the Access Points will periodically reauthenticate all associated and authenticated clients. 7. Blacklisting- Select Enabled if you want clients to be blacklisted after a certain number of authentication failures. 106 | Authentication Dell PowerConnect W-Series Instant Access Point 6.1.3.1-3.0.0.0 | User Guide

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Authentication
Dell PowerConnect W-Series Instant Access Point 6.1.3.1-3.0.0.0
| User Guide
4.
Click
Next
and then click
Finish.
External Captive Portal
Dell 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 Network
window 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
to continue
.
3.
Use the
VLAN
tab to specify how the clients on this network will get their IP address and VLAN.Click
Next
to
continue.
4.
In the
Security
tab, select
External
from the Splash page type drop-down list and perform the following steps:
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.
Authentication text:
Indicates the text string returned by the external server after a successful
authentication. This entry is not mandatory.
Figure 83
Configuring External Captive Portal when Adding a Guest Network
5.
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
95
for more details
on server settings.
6.
Reauth interval
— When set to a value greater than zero, the Access Points will periodically reauthenticate all
associated and authenticated clients.
7.
Blacklisting
— Select Enabled if you want clients to be blacklisted after a certain number of authentication
failures.