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The hotspot feature supports both internal and external radius servers. It also supports the
following three HTTP redirection options to satisfy various customer configurations:
1. Simple internal pre-built Web-pages.
2. External Web-pages
3. Customized internal Web page (using the Advanced feature in hotspot configuration)
When a user visits a public hotspot and wants to browse a Web page, they can boot up their laptop
and associate with the local Wi-Fi network by entering the correct SSID. They then start a browser.
The hotspot access controller forces this un-authenticated user to a Welcome page from the
hotspot Operator that allows the user to log in with a username and password. This form of
IP-Redirection requires no special software on the client.
To configure a hotspot, create a WLAN ESSID and select Hotspot as the authentication scheme
from the WLAN Authentication menu. This is simply another way to authenticate a WLAN user, as it
would be impractical to authenticate visitors using 802.1x authentications. Having enabled a
hotspot, you will need to configure it. There are 2 parts to the hotspot configuration process:
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Switch Hotspot Redirection
The switch uses destination network address translation to redirect user traffic from a default
home page to the login page. Specifically, when the switch receives an HTTP Web page request
from the user (when the client first launches its browser after connecting to the WLAN), a protocol
stack on the switch intercepts the request and sends back an HTTP response after modifying the
network and port address in the packet (thereby acting like a proxy between the User and the Web
site they are trying to access).
To configure hotspot support:
1. Select Network > Wireless LANs from the main menu tree.
2. Select an existing WLAN from those displayed within the Configuration tab and click the Edit
3. Select the Hotspot button from within the Authentication field. The Radius Config... button on
4. Click the Config button to the right of the Hotspot checkbox.
5. Use the drop-down menu at the top of the screen to define whether this WLAN's Web pages
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Setting up the Hotspot Web pages
Setting up the Radius server.
button.
A WLAN screen displays with the WLAN's existing configuration. Refer to the Authentication
and Encryption columns to assess the WLAN's existing security configuration.
the bottom of the screen becomes enabled. Ensure a primary and optional secondary Radius
Server have been configured to authenticate users requesting access to the hotspot supported
WLAN. For more information, see
A Hotspot screen displays, allowing the user to define one of the three available hotspot types.
are:
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Internal - Five HTML pages with basic functionality are made available on the switch's
onboard HTTP server. The HTML pages are pre-created to collect login credentials through
Login.htm, send them to a Radius server and display a Welcome.htm or a Faliure.htm
depending on the result of the authentication attempt. For more information, see
Configuring an Internal Hotspot on page
Configuring External Radius Server Support on page
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