Motorola WS5100 Series Reference Manual page 120

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NOTE: When using an external hotspot page for redirection, certain HTML codes must be
included on the pages to properly redirect to the switch.
For the
form action="https ://<ip address of the switch>:444/cgi-bin/hslogin.cgi" method="POST
"
For the Welcome page the following code must also be modified:
href="http://<ip address of the web server>/login.htm
If the above code is not modified and included, switch redirection may not work.
5. Refer to the
accessed by the Hotspot user without authentication.
NOTE: In certain instances, an associated MU may not be able to ping the host within the
hotspot. For instance, a hotspot supported WLAN is enabled. Within the Allowed List, a
network (157.235.95.0) is added. An MU is associated, and an IP address is obtained for
the MU. The MU is then unsuccessful in pinging the host IP address (157.235.95.54) from
within the hotspot. Consequently, the Allowed List should be used for host IPs only.
NOTE: If the Web-server is located on a VLAN other than the one on which the MUs will
be associated, specify the IP address for the VLAN on which the server is located within
the
6. Refer to the
messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the switch.
7. Click OK to use the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.
8. Click Cancel
Configuring Advanced Hotspot
A customer may wish to use advanced Web content (XML, Flash) but might not have (or would not want to
use) an external Web server, choosing instead to host the Web pages on the switch's HTTP Web server.
Selecting the Advanced option allows for importing the Web pages from an external source (like an FTP
server) and hosting them on the switch.
To use the Advanced option to define the hotspot:
1. Select Network
2. Select an existing WLAN from those displayed within the
3. Click the Edit
Login and Welcome
field, and enter any IP address (for internal or external Web sites) that may be
Allow List
Allow List.
Status field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field displays error
to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration.
> Wireless LANs from the main menu tree.
button.
pages, the following code must be modified:
Configuration tab.