Overriding a Services Configuration
A profile can contain specific guest access (captive
portal), DHCP, server and RADIUS server configurations supported by the controller,
service platform, or access point's own internal resources. These access, IP
assignment, and user authorization resources can be defined uniquely as profile
requirements dictate.
To define or override a profile's services configuration:
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Select from the web UI.
The Device
Configuration screen displays a list of managed devices or peer
controllers, service platforms, or access points.
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Select a target device in the
lower left-hand side of the UI. The selected device's configuration menu
displays.
You can also select a target device by
double-clicking it in the list in the Device
Configuration screen.
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Expand the Profile
Overrides menu and select Services.

Note
A blue override icon (to
the left of a parameter) defines the parameter as having an override
applied. To remove an override go to the
Basic
Configuration section of the device and click
Clear
Overrides. This removes all overrides from the
device.
Device Overrides -
Services Screen
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Refer to the Captive Portal
Hosting field to set or override a guest access configuration
(captive portal) for use with this profile.
A captive portal is guest access policy for
providing temporary and restrictive access to the wireless network.
A captive portal configuration provides secure authenticated access using a
standard Web browser. A captive portal provides authenticated access by
capturing and re-directing a user's Web browser session to a captive portal
login page where the user must enter valid credentials to access to the
network. After the administrator has logged into the captive portal,
additional Agreement, Welcome, and Fail pages provide the administrator with
several options for the captive portal‘s screen flow and user
appearance.
Select an existing captive portal policy, use the default captive portal policy, or click
the Create link to create a new configuration that can be
applied to this profile. For more
information, see Captive Portal Policies.
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Use the RADIUS Server Application Policy drop-down menu
to select an application policy to authenticate users and authorize access to
the network.
A RADIUS policy provides the centralized management of authentication data
(usernames and passwords). When an client attempts to associate, the controller
or service platform sends the authentication request to the RADIUS server. If an
existing RADIUS server policy does not meet your requirements, click the
Create link to create a new policy.
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Use the DHCP Server Policy drop-down menu assign this
profile a DHCP server policy.
If an existing DHCP policy does not meet the profile‘s
requirements, click the
Create icon to create a new
policy configuration that can be applied to this profile, or click the
Edit icon to modify the parameters of an existing
DHCP Server policy.
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
allows hosts on an IP network to request and be assigned IP addresses as
well as discover information about the network where they reside. Each
subnet can be configured with its own address pool. Whenever a DHCP client
requests an IP address, the DHCP server assigns an IP address from that
subnet‘s address pool. When the onboard DHCP server allocates an address for
a DHCP client, the client is assigned a lease, which expires after an
predetermined interval. Before a lease expires, wireless clients (to which
leases are assigned) are expected to renew them to continue to use the
addresses. When the lease expires, the client is no longer permitted to use
the leased IP address. The profile‘s DHCP server policy ensures all IP
addresses are unique, and no IP address is assigned to a second client while
the first client's assignment is valid (its lease has not
expired).
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Use the DHCPv6 Server Policy drop-down menu assign this
profile a DHCPv6 server policy.
If an
existing DHCP policy for IPv6 does not meet the profile‘s requirements, click
the
Create
icon to create a new policy configuration that can be applied to this profile,
or click the
Edit icon to modify the parameters of an existing DHCP Server
policy.
DHCPv6 is a networking protocol for configuring IPv6 hosts with IP
addresses, IP prefixes, or other configuration attributes required on an
IPv6 network. DHCP in IPv6 works in with IPv6 router discovery. With the
proper RA flags, DHCPv6 works like DHCP for IPv4. The central difference is
the way a device identifies itself if assigning addresses manually instead
of selecting addresses dynamically from a pool.
For more information, see Captive Portal Policy Basic Configuration.
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Use the Guest Management Policy drop-down menu to select
an existing Guest Management policy to use as a mechanism to manage guest users
with this profile.
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Use the RADIUS Server Policy drop-down menu to select an
existing RADIUS server policy to use as a user validation security mechanism
with this profile.
A profile can have its own unique RADIUS
server policy to authenticate users and authorize access to the network. A
profile‘s RADIUS policy provides the centralized management of controller or
service platform authentication data (usernames and passwords). When an client
attempts to associate, an authentication request is sent to the RADIUS server.
For more information, see RADIUS Server Policies.
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Set Bonjour Gateway settings.
Bonjour is Apple‘s implementation of zero-configuration networking (Zeroconf).
Zeroconf is a group of technologies that include service discovery, address
assignment and hostname resolution. Bonjour locates devices such as printers,
other computers and services that these computers offer over a local
network.
Bonjour provides a general method to discover services on a local
area network (LAN). It allows users to set up a network without any
configuration. Services such as printers, scanners and file-sharing servers
can be found using Bonjour. Bonjour only works within a single broadcast
domain. However, with special DNS configuration, it can be extended to find
services across broadcast domains.
From the Forwarding
Policy drop-down menu, select the Bonjour Gateway forwarding
policy.
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Use the Location Policy drop-down menu to select and
apply a location policy to the controller/virtual controller. The location
policy provides the ExtremeLocation server's hostname and ExtremeLocation
tenant's location API key. This information is required by the controller to
authenticate and authorize with the ExtremeLocation server. Use the
Create or Edit icons to create
a new policy or edit an existing policy.
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Refer to the Imagotag Policy
field to select or set a Imagotag Policy. Use the drop-down menu to select and
apply an Imagotag Policy to the AP's profile. You can use the Create or Edit
icons to create a new policy or edit an existing policy. The Imagotag feature is
supported only on the AP8432 model access point.
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Click OK to save the changes or
overrides made to the profile‘s services configuration.
Click Reset to revert to the last
saved configuration.