Netgear FSM726v3 7000 Series Managed Switch Administration Guide for Software - Page 550

NETGEAR Managed Switches Software Administration Manual, Release 8.0 The clients connecting to the Captive Portal interface have three states; the "Unknown State", the "Unauthenticated State", and the "Authenticated" state. In the unknown state the CP doesn't redirect HTTP/ S traffic to the switch, but instead asks the switch whether the client is authenticated or unauthenticated. In the Unauthenticated state the CP directs the HTTP/S traffic to the switch so that the client can authenticate with the switch. Once the client is authenticated the client is placed in Authenticated state and in this state all the traffic emerging from the client will be forwarded through the switch. Captive Portal Configuration This section introduces the objects that comprise the Captive Portal and describes the interaction between the Captive Portal and the network administrator without delving into the underlying mechanisms involved in gathering information and controlling the Captive Portal. It explains what configurations are visible to the network administrator and enumerates the events. All of the configurations included in this section are managed using the standard management interfaces (e.g. Web, CLI, and SNMP) with one exception; Captive Portal customized web pages are only configurable via the Web Interface. The Captive Portal configuration provides the network administrator control over verification and authentication, assignment to interfaces, client sessions, and web page customization. The administrator can create multiple captive portal configuration instances. Each captive portal configuration contains various flags and definitions used to control client access and content to customize the user verification web page. A captive portal configuration can be applied to one or more interfaces. An interface may only be a physical port on the switch. 8.0 can contain up to 10 Captive Portal configurations. Enable Captive Portal CLI: Enabling Captive Portal Enable captive portal on the switch. (Netgear Switch) (config)#captive-portal (Netgear Switch) (Config-CP)#enable Enable captive portal instance 1. (Netgear Switch) (Config-CP)#configuration 1 (Netgear Switch) (Config-CP 1)#enable 32-2 v1.0, October 2009 Captive Portal