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9.2 Setting the DNS Whitelist Configuration
Services Configuration
A DNS whitelist is used in conjunction with a captive portal to provide captive portal services to wireless clients. Use the DNS
Whitelist parameter to create a set of allowed destination IP addresses within the captive portal. These allowed IP addresses
are called the Whitelist. To effectively host captive portal pages on an external Web server, the IP address of the destination
Web server(s) should be in the Whitelist. Each supported access point model can support up to 32 Whitelists, with the
exception of AP6511 and AP6521 models which can only support up to 16 Whitelists.
To define a DNS Whitelist:
1. Select
Configuration
2. Select Services.
3. Select
DNS
Whitelist.
The DNS Whitelist screen displays those existing whitelists available to a captive portal.
4. Select
Add
to create a Whitelist,
a. If creating a Whitelist, assign it a name up to 32 characters. Use the
with Host and IP Index parameters that must be defined for each Whitelist entry.
b. Provide a numerical IP address or Hostname within the
the Whitelist.
c. Use the
Match Suffix
d. If necessary, select the radio button of an existing Whitelist entry and select the
the Whitelist.
5. Select
OK
when completed to update the Whitelist screen. Select
tab from the web user interface.
Edit
to modify a selected whitelist or
Figure 9-7 DNS Whitelist screen
parameter to match any hostname or domain name as a suffix. The default setting is disabled.
Delete
to remove a whitelist.
+ Add Row
button to populate the Whitelist table
DNS Entry
parameter for each destination IP address or host in
- Delete
Reset
to revert the screen to its last saved configuration.
icon to remove the entry from
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