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Figure 104 Disabling Captive Portal Authentication 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 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 will 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. 122 | Authentication Dell PowerConnect W-Series Instant Access Point 6.1.3.4-3.1.0.0 | User Guide

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Figure 104
Disabling Captive Portal Authentication
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 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 will 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 A
uth 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.