Guest User Configuration

About this task

Use the web user GUI to configure guest users.

Procedure

  1. Log in using your web user credentials.
    The Guest User Configuration screen opens.
  2. Select View to see the list of local guest users or Add to create a new guest user access.
    The list of users with local guest access opens if you select to view existing users.
  3. Select edit icon to edit guest user configuration for existing users.
    The Configuration dashboard opens.
  4. Configure the following login settings for a guest user:
    User type Select Single user or Bulk users
    User ID The unique string identifying this user. This is the ID assigned to the user when created and cannot be modified with the rest of the configuration. Type a user ID or select Generate to create a unique user ID
    Password Assign a password for the guest user or select Generate to create a password
    Email ID Email address of the guest user
    Contact No. 12-character minimum telephone number if the user
    User Group Select a user group from the drop-down list box to assign to the user
  5. Configure the following Time Duration settings for the user:
    Start Date The day, month, and year the listed user can access local resources
    Start Time The time that the listed user can access local resources. The time applies only to the range defined by the start date and expiry date
    Expiry Date The day, month, and year the listed user ID can no longer access local resources
    Expiry Time The time after which the listed user loses access to local server resources. The time applies only to the range defined by the start date and expiry date
  6. Select Till Expiry to keep the access duration same as the expiry date.
    Access duration determines the amount of time a user is allowed access when time-based access privileges are applied. The duration cannot exceed 365 days.
  7. Set the data rate to be unlimited to assign no limit on the amount of data available for each guest user or limited to set a data limit for selected guest user.
    For limited data rate, set a Data Limit.
    Committed rate
    • Committed Downlink Rate (kbps or mbps) - The download speed allocated to the guest user. When bandwidth is available, the user can download data at the specified rate. If a guest user has a bandwidth based policy and exceeds the specified data limit, their speed is throttled to Reduced Downlink Rate
    • Committed Uplink Rate (kbps or mbps) - The upload speed allocated to the guest user. When bandwidth is available, the user can download data at the specified rate. If a guest user has a bandwidth based policy and exceeds the specified data limit, their speed is throttled to Reduced Uplink Rate
    Reduced rate
    • Reduced Downlink Rate (kbps or mbps) - The reduced speed the guest utilizes when exceeding their specified data limit
    • Reduced Uplink Rate (kbps or mbps) - The reduced speed the guest utilizes when exceeding their specified data limit
  8. Select Add to create a new guest user or Update to save guest user configuration settings.
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