ProCurve 2900 Manual page 103

Note
For information on how to configure a DNS server, refer to the
"Diagnostic Tools" section in the Troubleshooting chapter of the
Management and Configuration Guide.
8. Enable web authentication on the switch ports you want to use.
9. Configure the optional settings that you want to use for web authentica­
tion; for example:
• To avoid address conflicts in a secure network, configure the base IP
address and mask to be used by the switch for temporary DHCP
addresses. You can also set the lease length for these temporary IP
addresses.
• To use SSL encryption for web authentication login, configure the SSL
option.
• To redirect authorized clients to a specified URL, configure the
Redirect URL option.
10. Configure how web-authenticator ports transmit traffic before they suc­
cessfully authenticate a client and enter the authenticated state:
• You can block incoming and outgoing traffic on a port before authen­
tication occurs.
• You can block only incoming traffic on a port before authentication
occurs. Outgoing traffic with unknown destination addresses is
flooded on unauthenticated ports configured for web authentication.
For example, Wake-on-LAN traffic is transmitted on a web-authenti­
cated egress port that has not yet transitioned to the authenticated
state;
11. Test both authorized and unauthorized access to your system to ensure
that Web Authentication works properly on the ports you have configured
for port-access using Web Authentication.
Client web browsers may not use a proxy server to access the network.
Web and MAC Authentication
Configuring Web Authentication
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