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Configuring External Captive Portal Authentication when Editing a Guest Network

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Navigate to PEF > Blacklisting in the WebUI to specify the duration of the blacklisting on the Blacklisting tab of the PEF window. 10. Walled garden - Click on the link to open the Walled Garden window. The walled garden directs the user's navigation within particular areas to allow access to a selection of websites or prevent access to other websites. For more information, see "Walled Garden Access" on page 128. 11. Click Next to continue and then click Finish. Configuring External Captive Portal Authentication when Editing a Guest Network To configure external captive portal authentication when editing a guest network, perform the following steps: 1. In the Network tab, click the network for which you want to configure the external captive portal authentication. The edit link for the network appears. 2. Click the edit link. The Edit window for the network appears. 3. Navigate to the Security tab and perform the following steps: 4. Select External - RADIUS Server or External - Authentication Text from the Splash page type drop down list. 5. Use the fields below to specify/edit the server for this guest network's splash page. Splash page type - External - Authentication Text a. Reauth interval - When set to a value greater than zero, the Access Points periodically reauthenticate all associated and authenticated clients. b. Blacklisting- Select Enabled if you want clients to be blacklisted after a certain number of authentication failures. c. Max authentication failures- Users who fail to authenticate the number of times specified here are dynamically blacklisted. The maximum value for this entry is 10. Navigate to PEF > Blacklisting in the Instant WebUI to specify the duration of the blacklisting on the Blacklisting tab of the PEF window. d. Walled Garden- Click on the link to open the Walled Garden window. The walled garden directs the user's navigation within particular areas to allow access to a selection of websites or prevent access to other websites. For more information, see "Walled Garden Access" on page 128. e. Encryption- Select Enabled from the drop-down list and perform the following steps (these steps are optional). Select the required key management option from the Key management drop-down list. Available options are:  WPA-2 Personal  WPA Personal  Both (WPA-2 & WPA)  Passphrase format - Specify either an alphanumeric or a hexadecimal string. Ensure that the hexadecimal string must be exactly 64 digits in length.  Passphrase - Enter a pre-shared key (PSK) passphrase. External splash page a. IP or hostname: Enter the IP address or the hostname of the external splash page server. b. URL: Enter the URL for the external splash page server. c. Port: Enter the number of the port to be used for communicating with the external splash page server. d. Auth text: Enter the authentication text. This indicates the text string returned by the external server after a successful authentication. 124 | Authentication Dell PowerConnect W-Series Instant Access Point 6.1.3.4-3.1.0.0 | User Guide

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Authentication
Dell PowerConnect W-Series Instant Access Point 6.1.3.4-3.1.0.0
| User Guide
Navigate to
PEF > Blacklisting
in the WebUI to specify the duration of the blacklisting on the Blacklisting
tab of the PEF window.
10.
Walled garden —
Click on the link to open the
Walled Garden
window. The walled garden directs the user’s
navigation within particular areas to allow access to a selection of websites or prevent access to other websites.
For more information, see
“Walled Garden Access” on page
128
.
11. Click
Next
to continue and then click
Finish.
Configuring External Captive Portal Authentication when Editing a Guest Network
To configure external captive portal authentication when editing a guest network, perform the following steps:
1.
In the
Network
tab, click the network for which you want to configure the external captive portal
authentication. The
edit
link for the network appears.
2.
Click the
edit
link. The
Edit
window for the network appears.
3.
Navigate to the
Security
tab and perform the following steps:
4.
Select
External - RADIUS Server
or
External - Authentication Text
from the
Splash page type
drop down
list.
5.
Use the fields below to specify/edit the server for this guest network’s splash page.
Splash page type — External - Authentication Text
a.
Reauth interval
— When set to a value greater than zero, the Access Points periodically reauthenticate all
associated and authenticated clients.
b.
Blacklisting
— Select Enabled if you want clients to be blacklisted after a certain number of
authentication failures.
c.
Max authentication failures
— Users who fail to authenticate the number of times specified here are
dynamically blacklisted. The maximum value for this entry is 10. Navigate to
PEF > Blacklisting
in the
Instant WebUI to specify the duration of the blacklisting on the Blacklisting tab of the PEF window.
d.
Walled Garden
— Click on the link to open the
Walled Garden
window. The walled garden directs the
user’s navigation within particular areas to allow access to a selection of websites or prevent access to other
websites. For more information, see
“Walled Garden Access” on page
128
.
e.
Encryption
— Select
Enabled
from the drop-down list and perform the following steps (these steps are
optional). Select the required key management option from the Key management drop-down list.
Available options are:
WPA-2 Personal
WPA Personal
Both (WPA-2 & WPA)
Passphrase format — Specify either an alphanumeric or a hexadecimal string. Ensure that the
hexadecimal string must be exactly 64 digits in length.
Passphrase — Enter a pre-shared key (PSK) passphrase.
External splash page
a.
IP or hostname:
Enter the IP address or the hostname of the external splash page server.
b.
URL:
Enter the URL for the external splash page server.
c.
Port:
Enter the number of the port to be used for communicating with the external splash page server.
d.
Auth text:
Enter the authentication text. This indicates the text string returned by the external server after
a successful authentication.