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3 On your Web server, create a welcome page that has a button or link to
the
uamlogon.htm
name and password on the
4 Verify that the wireless security settings on the wireless stations match
the security settings on the Access Point, including the key (if any).
5 Configure the external UAM authentication settings.
a On the UAM screen, select the UAM (Universal Access Method) check
box.
b Click External Web-based Authentication.
c In Login URL, type the URL to the welcome page that you created in
step 3. This is the Web page that users will see when they attempt to
connect to the Internet using a Web browser.
d In Login Failure URL, type the URL to a Web page that you want users
to see if they are not successfully authenticated (for example, if they
used invalid logon credentials). This page can also provide new users
with information on how to pay for and obtain Internet access.
e In RADIUS Server Address, type the IP address or host name of the
RADIUS server that will authenticate clients.
f In RADIUS Port, type the port number on the RADIUS server that is
configured for communication with RADIUS clients.
g In Shared Key, type the same key value as the one you set on the
RADIUS server.
6 Click Save, and then click Close.
When external UAM authentication is enabled and configured, any
wireless user that attempts to connect to the Internet using a Web
browser (HTTP/TCP port 80) is redirected to the welcome page you
created. User must click a link or button to the
where he needs to enter his user name and password. After the user
enters a user name and password on the logon page, the RADIUS server
checks its database to verify that the logon credentials are valid.
If the logon credentials are valid, user will be allowed access to the
Internet. An entry
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
the Access Point log. The wireless station's status also appears as
on the list of associated stations.
Authenticated
page on the Access Point. Users will enter their user
uamlogon.htm
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx WEB authentication
is the wireless station's MAC address) is added to
Defining Security Profiles
page.
page,
uamlogon.htm
(where
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