Portal Server

In Portal authentication, you can directly perform access authentication without using the specified client software. The Portal server provides free portal services and Portal authentication-based pages.

Context

To ensure the communication between the switch and Portal server, you must configure the Portal server IP address and parameters (including the port number and shared key of the Portal server) about information exchange between the switch and Portal server, and bind interfaces to the Portal server.

NOTE:

After configuring Portal authentication, perform the Authentication Configuration. The two functions implement user authentication together.

Procedure

Configure a Portal server.
1. Click Configuration. The Configuration page is displayed.
2. Choose Security Services > User Access Control from the navigation tree. The User Access Control page is displayed.
3. Click the Portal Server tab. The Portal Server tab page is displayed.
4. Click and select a server name.
5. Click Apply.

Create a Portal authentication server.

Click Configuration. The Configuration page is displayed.
Choose Security Services > User Access Control from the navigation tree. The User Access Control page is displayed.
Click the Portal Server tab. The Portal Server tab page is displayed.
Click . The Portal Authentication Server List page is displayed.

Click Create. The Portal Authentication Server List page is displayed.

Table 1 describes the parameters for creating a Portal authentication server

**Table 1** Parameters for creating a Portal authentication server
Parameter	Description
Server name	Indicates the name of a Portal authentication server.
Server IP	Indicates the IP address of the Portal server.
Source IP	Indicates the source IP address for the device to communicate with a Portal server.
Shared key	Indicates the shared key that the device uses to exchange information with the Portal server.
Confirm shared key	Enter the shared key again.
Packet port number	Indicates the port number that the device uses to listen on Portal protocol packets.
URL	Indicates the URL of the Portal server.
URL profile The following parameters are valid when URL profile is selected.
URL	Indicates the redirection URL or pushed URL
User access URL	Indicates the original URL that a user accesses carried in the URL.
User MAC	Indicates the user MAC address carried in the URL.
User IP	Indicates the user IP address carried in the URL.
System name	Indicates the device system name carried in the URL.
MAC address format	No separator normal: sets the MAC address format to XXXX-XXXX-XXXX. You can specify a character as the delimiter. compact: sets the MAC address format to XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX. You can specify a character as the delimiter.
Separator	Indicates the separator, which contains one character.

Click OK.

Modifying a Portal authentication server.
1. Click Configuration. The Configuration page is displayed.
2. Choose Security Services > User Access Control from the navigation tree. The User Access Control page is displayed.
3. Click the Portal Server tab. The Portal Server tab page is displayed.
4. Click . The Portal Authentication Server List page is displayed.
5. Click the name of the authentication server that you want to modify. The authentication server modification page is displayed.
6. Modify parameters for the authentication server. Table 1 describes the parameters.
7. Click OK.
Delete a Portal authentication server.
1. Click Configuration. The Configuration page is displayed.
2. Choose Security Services > User Access Control from the navigation tree. The User Access Control page is displayed.
3. Click the Portal Server tab. The Portal Server tab page is displayed.
4. Click . The Portal Authentication Server List page is displayed.
5. Select the authentication server name and click Delete. The system asks you whether to delete the record.
  NOTE:
  - To select a record, click the checkbox of the record.
  - To delete records in batches, click the checkboxes of records.
6. Click OK.