Dell PowerConnect W-IAP92 Dell Instant 6.1.3.4-3.1.0.0 User Guide - Page 128
Walled Garden Access, Creating a Walled Garden Access
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Walled Garden Access On the Internet, a walled garden typically controls a user's access to web content and services. 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. Creating a Walled Garden Access Walled garden access is needed when an external captive portal is used. A common example could be a hotel environment where unauthenticated users are allowed to navigate to a designated login page (for example, a hotel website) and all its contents. Users who do not sign up for internet service can view "allowed" websites (typically hotel property websites). The website names must be DNS-based (not IP address based) and support the option to define wildcards. This works for client devices with or without HTTP proxy settings. When a user attempts to navigate to other websites not configured in the white list walled garden profile, the user is redirected back to the login page. In addition, the black listed walled garden profile is configured to explicitly block navigation to websites from unauthenticated users. Figure 109 Walled Garden To create a Walled Garden access: 1. Click the Settings at the top right corner of the Instant UI and select Walled Garden. 2. To allow users access to a domain, click New and enter the domain name or URL in the Whitelist section of the window. This will allow access to a domain while the user remains unauthenticated. Specify a POSIX regular expression (regex(7)), for example: yahoo.com matches various domains such as news.yahoo.com, travel.yahoo.com and finance.yahoo.com www.apple.com/library/test will only allow subset of www.apple.com site corresponding to path /library/ test/* favicon.ico will allow access to /favicon.ico from all domains. 3. To deny users access to a domain, click New and enter the domain name or URL in the Blacklist section of the window. This prevents unauthenticated users from viewing specific websites. When a URL specified in 128 | Authentication Dell PowerConnect W-Series Instant Access Point 6.1.3.4-3.1.0.0 | User Guide