Guest Management Policy Configuration

To view, edit, delete, or add a guest management policy:

  1. Select Policies > Guest Management.

    The Guest Management window displays. If any guest management policies are configured, they appear in a list in the Guest Management pane. The total number of guest management policies is shown in parentheses.

    Following is a description of the column headings in the Guest Management window:

    Policy Name Lists the names of configured guest user policies.
    Email Enable A green check mark defines Email as enabled for guest management, a red X defines Email as disabled. Guest users can register themselves with their E-mail credentials as a primary key for authentication; captive portal system provides the pass code for their registration and the guest users needs to use the registered email/mobile/member id and the received pass code for further login to the captive portal.
    SMS Enable A green check mark defines SMS as enabled for guest management, a red X defines SMS as disabled. SMS enables guest users to registers themselves with their E-mail or mobile device ID as the primary key for authentication. The captive portal provides the passcode for registration, and the guest users utilizes use their registered E-mail or mobile device ID and received passcode for login to the captive portal.
    SMS SMTP Enable A green check mark defines SMS SMTP as enabled for guest management, a red X defines SMS SMTP as disabled. Optionally configure an E-mail host server (for example: smtp.gmail.com) along with sender related credentials and the recipient gateway E-mail address to which the message is E-mailed. The gateway server converts the E-mail into SMS and sends the message to the guest user‘s mobile device.
    DB Export Enable A green check mark indicates that exporting the guest user database is enabled for this device. When enabled, the list of guest users on the captive portal can be periodically exported to an external server.
  2. Choose from the following actions:
    1. Select the sort icon adjacent to a column heading to sort the data by the heading topic. By default, the data is sorted in ascending order, as indicated by the direction of the arrow in the icon . Toggle the icon to sort the column data in descending order . The "1" indicates by which column heading topic the data is currently sorted.
    2. Select the Edit icon associated with a guest management policy to modify it.
      When you select Edit, the Guest Management window appears for the selected policy. Edit the parameters in accordance with the instructions in the procedures in this section. You cannot edit the Policy Name.
    3. Select the Delete icon associated with a guest management policy to remove it.
    4. Select the Add icon to create a new guest management policy.
      When you select Add, the Add Policy window appears.
      1. Assign a policy Name. The name cannot exceed 32 characters.
      2. Select Add to save the policy.

        The Guest Management window appears.

      3. Configure the parameters in the Email, SMS, or SMS SMTP tab, depending on which authentication methods are to be extended to guest users.
  3. Optionally, configure DB Export to export the guest user database to an external server for analysis and database backup.
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