NETGEAR M4300 User Manual page 578

M4300 Series and M4300-96X Fully Managed Switches User Manual
Click the Login button.
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The System Information page displays.
Select Security > Control > Captive Portal > CP Configuration.
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In the CP Name field, enter the name of the configuration.
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The name can contain 1 to 31 alphanumeric characters.
In the Admin Mode list, select Enable or Disable.
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This sets the administrative mode of the captive portal feature. By default captive portal is
disabled.
In the Protocol field, select either HTTP or HTTPS as the captive portal instances used for
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communication with clients during the verification process:
HTTP does not use encryption during verification.
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HTTPS uses the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), which requires a certificate to provide
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encryption. The certificate is presented to the user at connection time.
Select the type of user Verification that the captive portal instance performs with clients that
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attempt to connect:
Guest. The user does not need to be authenticated by a database.
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Local. The device uses a local database to authenticate users.
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RADIUS. The device uses a database on a remote RADIUS server to authenticate
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users.
Select the Block status.
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If the CP is blocked, users cannot gain access to the network through the CP. Use this
function to temporarily protect the network during unexpected events, such as denial of
service attacks.
If the verification mode is Local or RADIUS, use the Group field to assign an existing user
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group to the captive portal.
All users who belong to the group are permitted to access the network through this portal.
The User Group list is the same for all CP configurations on the switch.
In the Idle Timeout field, enter the number of seconds to wait before terminating a session.
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Manage Device Security
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