Configuring External and Mode 802.1 Captive Portal

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Captive Portal Page for External and 802.1x Modes
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External Captive Portal Page - Fields and Buttons

Field/Button Description
Session Control Interface
EWC Connection In the drop-down list, click the IP address of the external Web server. and then enter the port of the controller.

If there is an authentication server configured for this VNS, the external Captive Portal page on the external authentication server will send the request back to the controller to allow the controller to continue with the RADIUS authentication and filtering.

Enable HTTPS support Select Enable https support if you want to enable HTTPS support (TLS/SSL) for this external captive portal.
Encryption Select the data encryption to use. Options are:
  • None
  • Legacy
  • AES
Shared Secret Type the password common to both the controller and the external Web server if you want to encrypt the information passed between the controller and the external Web server.
Redirection URL Type the URL to which the wireless device user will be directed to after authentication.
Note: The Redirection URL does not support IPv6.
Add EWC IP & Port to redirection URL Select the checkbox to enable redirection.
Special
ToS override for NAC Allows for ToS marking results in redirection to a captive portal via a NAC server.
Close Click to save your changes and close this page.
Cancel Click to discard the configuration
Note

Note

You must add a role rule to the non-authenticated filter that allows access to the external Captive Portal site. For more information, see Policy Rules.