Hotspot Customization; Wan Failover - Extreme Networks Altitude 4700 Series Product Reference Manual

Hotspot Customization

To date, the default hotspot supported on the Access Point does not allow users to change the text on
the hotspot portal or the logo for the enterprise where the hotspot is deployed. With this most recent
release of the Access Point firmware, users now have the ability to customize the appearance of an
Access Point's WLAN hotspot pages. The Access Point's hotspot feature is supported by three customer
accessible pages (login page, welcome page and failure page) displayed on the client attempting to
access the AP's supported hotspot. These three pages can be unique to each hotspot supported by one
of the Access Point's 16 WLANs. The content of the three hotspot pages can be customized by:
Altering the text that displays on the screen
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Altering the properties of various screen elements (such as background colors, banner and logos)
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Configuring a cascading style sheet (css) to define how hotspot pages display font usage, text size etc.
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NOTE
The Access Point allows two logos to be displayed per page. The user has the ability to alter logo
placement and screen banner color schemes.
For information on customizing a WLAN's hotspot display, see
page 165.
For information on the Access Point's existing (default) hotspot functionality, see
page 35.

WAN Failover

With this most recent release of the access point firmware, a WAN failover feature has been introduced
in the AP4710 access point to allow failover from the primary wired WAN connection to a 3G WAN
connection. Since a 3G cellular network infrastructure is completely separate from the access point's
wired infrastructure, such a wired WAN to 3G WAN failover feature assures high availability of the
WAN access.
A WWAN card is a specialized network interface card, allowing a network device to connect, transmit
and receive data over a cellular WAN. The WWAN card uses point to point protocol (PPP) to connect to
an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and access the Internet. PPP is the protocol used for establishing
internet links over dial-up modems, DSL connections, and many other types of point-to-point links.
The wired WAN is the primary WAN link for an Altitude 4710, as long as it is enabled and connected,
and the wireless WAN interface is the secondary link. For a WWAN to be a WAN or LAN recovery
solution, the Altitude 4710 needs to monitor the link status of the wired WAN and actively check the
health of the WAN connection. If a wired WAN or LAN connection failure is detected, an Altitude 4710
immediately establishes the WWAN connection and updates the default gateway to the WWAN
interface.
The WWAN card is detected automatically when inserted into the Altitude 4710 express card slot. The
card is detected as a USB/Serial device once its modules are loaded. If the card is inserted before or
during module installation, the user has to wait until all the modules are loaded before the card is
operational. These modules are loaded when the Altitude 4710 boots up (at runtime). Activate and
configure the WWAN card from the Access Point's applet and CLI.
For more information on configuring WAN failover support, see
page 135.
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