Manage A Captive Portal; Configure A Captive Portal - NETGEAR WAC720 Reference Manual

ProSAFE Dual-Band Wireless AC Access Points WAC720 and WAC730

Manage a Captive Portal

A captive portal allows you to set up a login page so that only users with a valid user name
and password can access the Internet through the access point. You must first configure the
captive portal and add users before enabling it on the access point.

Configure a Captive Portal

To configure a captive portal:
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1. Select Configuration > Captive Portal > Web Customization.
2. Select Create from the Captive Portal Web Locale menu.
3. Enter a name for the web locale in the Web Local Name field.
4. Select an instance for the captive portal from the Captive Portal Instances menu.
You can edit the look of the captive portal login page using the following fields:
Field
Logo Image Name
Browser Title
Browser Content
Content
Acceptance Use Policy
Welcome Title
Welcome Content
5. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
Description
This menu displays the names of image files that were uploaded to
the AP for use with a captive portal. An image must be no larger than
5 Kb in size. You can upload logo images on the Upload Logo page.
The browser title appears in the title bar of the browser.
This is the text that will appear on the body of the page.
You can enter instructions for logging in to the portal here.
Text entered here will display in a user agreement.
This is the title of the welcome page that displays after the user
successfully logs in.
This is the content of the welcome page that displays after the user
successfully logs in.
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