Creating an External Captive Portal VNS - Authentication Screen

The VNS wizard displays the appropriate configuration screens, depending on your selection of the Enable Authentication and Enable DHCP checkboxes.

External Captive Portal Authentication Page - Fields and Buttons

Field/Button	Description
Radius Server	Click the RADIUS server you want to assign to the new Captive Portal VNS, or click Add New Server and then do the following
Server Alias	Type a name you want to assign to the new RADIUS server.
Hostname/IP	Type either the RADIUS server‘s FQDN (fully qualified domain name) or IP address.
Shared Secret	Type the password that will be used to validate the connection between the controller and the RADIUS server.
Mask/Unmask	Click to display or hide your shared secret key.
Roles	Select the authentication role options for the RADIUS server: Authentication — By default, this option is selected if the VNS Type is External Captive Portal, which enables the RADIUS server to perform authentication on the Captive Portal VNS. MAC-based Authentication — Select to enable the RADIUS server to perform MAC-based authentication on the Captive Portal VNS. If the MAC-based authentication option is enabled, select to enable MAC-based authorization on roam, if applicable. Accounting — Select to enable the RADIUS server to perform accounting on the Captive Portal VNS.

Click Next. The DHCP screen displays.