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13.3.31 Captive Portal

Access Point Statistics
A captive portal forces a HTTP client to use a special Web page for authentication before using the Internet. A captive portal
turns a Web browser into a client authenticator. This is done by intercepting packets regardless of the address or port, until the
user opens a browser and tries to access the Internet. At that time, the browser is redirected to a Web page.
To view the captive portal statistics of an access point:
1. Select the Statistics
2. Select System
connected access points.
3. Select Captive
The Captive Portal
Client MAC
Client IP
Client IPv6
Captive Portal
Port Name
Authentication
WLAN
menu from the Web UI.
from the navigation pane (on the left-hand side of the screen). Expand a RF Domain and select one of its
Portal.
Figure 13-103 Access Point - Captive Portal screen
screen displays the following:
Displays the MAC address of requesting wireless clients. The client address displays as a link
that can be selected to display configuration and network address information in greater
detail.
Displays the IP addresses of captive portal resource requesting wireless clients.
Displays the IPv6 addresses of captive portal resource requesting wireless clients.
Displays type of the captive portal page.
Lists the access point port name supporting the captive portal connection with the listed client
MAC address.
Displays the authentication status of requesting clients.
Displays the name of the WLAN utilizing the access point managed captive portal.