If your network is implementing registration or assessment / remediation, you define the branding and behavior of the portal website used by the end user during the registration or assessment/remediation process using a Portal Configuration. ExtremeCloud IQ Site Engine allows you to create two types of portal configurations.
ExtremeControl engines ship with a default Portal Configuration. You can use this default configuration as is, or make changes to the default configuration using this window, if desired.
If you network is using an external captive portal service (for example, ExtremeGuest), use the External configuration type when creating a new portal configuration.
Accessing the Portal Configuration
Use the following steps to access the Portal Configuration:
- Open the Control > Access Control tab.
- In the left-panel, expand Configuration.
- Expand Captive Portals.
- Expand a Portal Configuration.
Default Portal Configuration
The following settings relate to the default type portal configuration:
Network Settings
Use this panel to configure common network web page settings that are shared by both the Assessment / Remediation and the Registration portal web pages.
Administration
Use this panel to configure settings for the Registration Administration web page and grant access to the page for administrators and sponsors.
The Registration Administration web page allows Helpdesk and IT administrators to track the status of registered end-systems, as well as add, modify, and delete registered end-systems on the network.
Website Configuration
Use this tab to configure the common settings used by the different registration web pages, including selecting guest access, authentication settings, and whether assessment and remediation is supported.
Look and Feel
Use the Look and Feel panel to configure common web page settings shared by both the Assessment / Remediation and the Registration portal web pages.
Guest Access and Registration
Guest Web Access provides a way for you to inform guests that they are connecting to your network and lets you display an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).
Guest Registration forces any new end-system connecting on the network to provide the user's identity in the registration web page before being allowed access to the network.
Secure Guest Access provides secure network access for wireless guests via 802.1x PEAP by sending a unique username, password, and access instructions for the secure SSID to guests via an email address or mobile phone (via SMS text). Secure Guest Access supports both pre-registered guests and guests self-registering through the captive portal. No agent is required.
Authenticated Web Access
Authenticated Web Access provides a way to inform end users that they are connecting to your network and lets you display an Acceptable Use Policy. End users are required to authenticate to the network using the Authenticated Web Access login page. However, end users are only granted one-time network access for a single session, and no permanent end user registration records are stored. Authentication is required each time a user logs into the network, which can be particularly useful for shared computers located in labs and libraries.
Authenticated Registration
Authenticated Registration provides a way for existing corporate end users to access the network on end-systems that don't run 802.1X (such as Linux systems) by requiring them to authenticate to the network using the registration web page. After successful registration, the end-system is permitted access until the registration expires or is administratively revoked.
Assessment / Remediation
Use this panel to configure settings for the Assessment / Remediation portal web page.
External Captive Portal
Use this tab to configure an external captive portal, outside of ExtremeCloud IQ Site Engine.
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