Global Configuration - Linksys LAPAC1750PRO User Manual

LAPAC1750PRO Access Point Software User Manual

Global Configuration

The Captive Portal (CP) feature allows you to block wireless clients from
accessing the network until user verification has been established Use the CP
Global Configuration page to control the administrative state of the CP feature
and configure global settings that affect all captive portal instances configured
on the AP
Click the Configuration > Captive Portal > Global Configuration tab to access
the page, which the following figure shows
Figure 47: Global Configuration
The following table describes the fields on the CP Global Configuration page
Section 3: Configuring the Access Point
Table 55: Global Configuration
Field Description
Captive Portal Mode Enables or disables the administrative mode of CP
on the AP
Authentication This field specifies the number of seconds the AP
Timeout keeps the unauthenticated client information
If the user does not enter authentication
credentials within the authentication timeout
period, the client details are removed so that stale
entries do not persist upon leaving The default
authentication timeout is 300 seconds
Additional HTTP Port HTTP traffic uses port 80, but you can configure
an additional port for HTTP traffic Enter a port
number between 1025-65535 Port number 80
or 443 cannot be used, and the HTTP and HTTPs
ports cannot be the same
Additional HTTPS Port HTTP traffic over SSL (HTTPS) uses port 443, but
you can configure an additional port for HTTPS
traffic Enter a port number between 1025-65535
Port number 80 or 443 cannot be used, and the
HTTP and HTTPs ports cannot be the same
Instance Count
The number of CP instances currently configured
on the AP Up to two instances can be configured
Group Count The number of CP groups currently configured
on the AP Up to two groups can be configured
Default Group exists by default and cannot be
deleted
User Count The number of CP users currently configured on
the AP Up to 128 users can be configured
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