Captive Portal; Captive Portal Setup - D-Link DWC-1000 User Manual

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2.6

Captive Portal

The captive portal technique forces an HTTP client on a network to see a special web
page (usually for authentication purposes) before using the Internet normally. A
captive portal turns a web browser into an authentication device.
LAN users can gain internet access via web portal authenticat ion with the appliance.
Also referred to as Run-Time Authentication, a Captive Portal is ideal for a web café
scenario where users initiate HTTP connection requests for web access but are not
interested in accessing any LAN services. Firewall policies se t by the administrator
will define which users require authentication for HTTP access, and when a matching
user request is made the appliance will intercept the request and prompt for a
username / password.
Authentication users in user database prior to granting HTTP access.
A user can use captive portal for guest and registered users at the same time. A captive
portal presents a web page which requires action on the part of the user before network
access is granted. The required action can be simply viewing and agreeing to an
acceptable use policy, or entering a user ID and password which must be validated
against a database of authorized users.
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Captive Portal is available for LAN and WLAN users only and not for DMZ
hosts.

2.6.1 Captive Portal Setup

Setup > Captive Portal > Setup
Captive Portal profiles are the grouping of display settings that are pushed to the
WLAN client that hits a particular portal. The Captive Portal Setup page allows for
management of these profiles, and this setup page displays configured custom Captive
Portal profiles and indicates which are in use.
The login credentials are compared against the R untime
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