The Public Access Interface; Logging In - Colubris Networks CN3000 Administrator's Manual

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The public access interface

The public access interface is the sequence of web pages that customers use to login to
the wireless network and to manage their sessions. Once logged in, customers
generally gain access to resources on the protected network.
Important: The CN3000 public access interface is not functional until the CN3000 can
successfully connect to a RADIUS server and authenticate itself, unless you are running
in local mode (page 50). This means that although the login page for the public access
interface will appear, customers will get an error when they try to log in. This occurs
regardless of the method you are using to authenticate customers (local user list or via a
RADIUS server).
Important: Customers using PDAs that only support a single browser window will have
difficulty using the public access interface in its standard configuration. To solve this
problem, see
Important: The total number of wireless client stations that can be active at any given
time is 255. However, only 100 customers can be logged into the public access interface
at one time. Customers that are not logged in can still make use of the wireless network
to access public resources (i.e., those resources specified in an access list "accept"
rule).

Logging in

The public access interface is automatically activated when a customer attempts to
browse to a resource on the protected network after establishing a wireless link with the
CN3000. Initially, the customer will see the Login page. For example, this is the default
login page:
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Protected network
Internet port
Internet port
Corporate network
Corporate network
"Supporting PDAs" on page 120
Public network
Unauthenticated
customer
Authenticated
customer
.