Cisco Cisco WAP371 Wireless-AC N Access Point with Single Point Setup Maintenance Manual
Captive Portal
Instance Configuration
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STEP 4
Select the instance name from the Captive Portal Instances list.
The Captive Portal Instance Parameters fields reappear with additional options.
STEP 5
Configure the parameters:
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Instance ID—The instance ID. This field is nonconfigurable.
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Administrative Mode—Enables and disables the CP instance.
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Protocol—Specifies HTTP or HTTPs as the protocol for the CP instance to use during
the verification process.
the verification process.
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HTTP—Does not use encryption during verification.
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HTTPS—Uses the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), which requires a certificate to
provide encryption.
provide encryption.
The certificate is presented to the user at connection time.
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Verification—The authentication method for CP to use to verify clients:
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Guest—The user does not need to be authenticated by a database.
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Local—The WAP device uses a local database to authenticated users.
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RADIUS—The WAP device uses a database on a remote RADIUS server to
authenticate users.
authenticate users.
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Redirect—Specifies that CP should redirect the newly authenticated client to the
configured URL. If this option is clear, the user sees the locale-specific welcome page
after a successful verification.
configured URL. If this option is clear, the user sees the locale-specific welcome page
after a successful verification.
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Redirect URL—Enter the URL to which the newly authenticated client is redirected if
the URL Redirect Mode is enabled. The range is from 0 to 256 characters.
the URL Redirect Mode is enabled. The range is from 0 to 256 characters.
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Away Timeout—The amount of time a user remains in the CP authenticated client list
after the client disassociates from the WAP. If the time specified in this field expires
before the client attempts to reauthenticate, the client entry is removed from the
authenticated client list. The range is from 0 to 1440 minutes. The default value is 60
minutes.
after the client disassociates from the WAP. If the time specified in this field expires
before the client attempts to reauthenticate, the client entry is removed from the
authenticated client list. The range is from 0 to 1440 minutes. The default value is 60
minutes.
NOTE
An away timeout value is also configured for each user. See the
page. The away timeout value set on the Local Users page has precedence over
the value configured here, unless the value is set to 0 (the default). A value of 0 indicates
to use the instance timeout value.
to use the instance timeout value.
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Session Timeout—The time remaining, in seconds, for the CP session to be valid. After
the time reaches zero, the client is deauthenticated. The range is from 0 to 1440 minutes.
The default value is 0.
the time reaches zero, the client is deauthenticated. The range is from 0 to 1440 minutes.
The default value is 0.