Home Page Redirection (Hpr) - Proxim Orinoco AP-2500 User Manual

Public Space Parameters

Home Page Redirection (HPR)

This tab is used to redirect the subscriber's browser to a specified home page following successful authentication. To
redirect subscribers to a specified page before authentication, use the Portal Page feature with internal authentication
(see Portal Page) or use external authentication (see
Note that the Nomadix-URL-Redirection RADIUS Vendor Specific Attribute (VSA) takes precedence over the Home
Page Redirection option (that is, if you have HPR enabled and you have configured the Nomadix-URL-Redirection
VSA, a RADIUS client will be redirected to the page specified by the VSA and not by HPR). See
and RADIUS Attributes.
Follow these steps to enable Home Page Redirection:
1. Login to the Web browser.
2. Click PublicSpace > HPR.
3. Place a check mark in the Enable Home Page Redirection box.
• If Home Page Redirection is disabled and you do not use a Portal Page, the subscriber will be redirected
to the Web site that he/she initially requested prior to authentication.
4. Place a check mark in the Enable Parameter Passing box, if applicable.
• This parameter is optional. You do not need to enable this parameter if you want to direct customers
directly to a particular site (such as http://www.myhotspot.com) after successful authentication. You
should enable this optional only if you want to return the subscriber to the Web site that he/she requested
prior to authentication (and you use a Portal Page).
• If you use a Portal Page, the AP-2500 can track a subscriber's initial Web request (typically the
subscriber's home page) when Parameter Passing is enabled. Then, after successful authentication, you
can direct the subscriber back to this page from a customized confirmation screen (see the confirm.asp
sample described in the
• The sample ASP portal pages contain an example of how to store and retrieve the subscriber's initial Web
request (known as the Originating Server or OS). See
NOTE: When Parameter Passing is enabled, the AP-2500 converts an OS statement in DNS format to an IP
address. If a customer's OS request is for a URL that contains subdirectories (such as
http://www.myhotspot.com/mysite/index.html), then the AP may truncate this to the site's default Web
page (http://www.myhotspot.com/) following the DNS to IP conversion. Therefore, after successful
authentication, a user may not necessarily be redirected to the site he/she initially requested.
5. Enter the address for the page to which authenticated subscribers will be directed in the Redirected URL
field.
• You must configure DNS if you want to enter meaningful URLs instead of numeric IP addresses.
6. Enter a Redirection Frequency in the field provided. This is the number of minutes that will elapse before a
subscriber is automatically redirected back to the specified Redirection URL.
• By default, this parameter is set to 3600 minutes (60 hours).
• Do not set this parameter to 0; your subscribers will be redirected to the specified Redirection URL each
time he/she tries to access a new Web page.
7. Click OK.
External Authentication).
Portal Page section for an example of this).
Portal Page for more information.
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