Portal Network Configuration

Configure settings for portal network configuration:

  1. Go to Onboard > Portal.
  2. Select an existing portal or select Add.
  3. Configure the following parameters on the Network Configuration tab.
    Table 1. Network Configuration Settings
    Field Description
    Use Mobile Captive Portal Allows mobile devices to access the network via captive portal registration and remediation.

    It also allows Help desk and IT administrators to track the status of registered end-systems, as well as add, modify, and delete registered end-systems on the network using a mobile device. This feature is supported on the following mobile devices: IPod Touch, IPad, IPhone, Android Phone/Tablet/NetBook, and Windows phones.
    Display Welcome Page Displays the welcome page. When this option is cleared, users bypass the welcome page and access the portal directly.
    Redirect User Immediately Redirects end users to the specified test image URL upon gaining network access. When the end-system's browser reaches the test image URL, ExtremeCloud IQ Controller can assume that the end user has network access and redirects the end user out of the captive portal.

    Use an internal image that end users don't have access to until they are accepted. It is recommended that the test image URL is a link to an SSL site, because when the captive portal is configured for Use HTTPS, the browser will not allow the attempt to an HTTP test image site. It is also recommended that the captive portal policies (typically the Unregistered and Quarantine policies) are configured to deny HTTPS traffic. This prevents the test image connection attempt from successfully completing and moving the end-system out of the captive portal prematurely.

    If access to the test image is available, the user may experience the captive portal reverting to the "Click here to access the network page", and then upon selecting the link, returning to the previous page based on their state. This behavior continues until the user is finally accepted on to the network.

    Test Image URL Specify the URL for the immediate redirection. See Redirect User Immediately.
    Redirection See Redirection.
    Destination When Redirection field is set to URL, specify the URL for the web page redirection here.
    Client Auto Log in Handling ExtremeCloud IQ Controller supports auto-detection of a captive portal. Valid values are:
    • Redirect — Auto-detection is enabled and client is automatically redirected to the captive portal. This is the default setting.
    • Hide — Disables auto-detection of captive portal.
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