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.

The device supports two configuration modes. By default, the unified mode is used. You can run the undo authentication unified-mode command to switch the configuration mode to traditional mode.

NOTE:

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

The web system supports only one Portal server, and this Portal server can only be modified but cannot be deleted through the web system. To delete the Portal server, run the undo web-auth-server command in the system view.

Procedure

The traditional mode.

Click Configuration to display the Configuration page.
Choose Basic Services > User Access Control in the navigation tree to display the User Access Control page.

Click the Portal Server tab to display the Portal Server page.

Table 1 describes the parameters for Portal authentication configuration.

**Table 1** Parameters for Portal Server configuration
Parameter	Description
Server IP address	Indicates the IP address of the Portal server.
Port number	Indicates the port number of the Portal server.
Shared key	Indicates the shared key used for communication between the switch and Portal server. The switch and Portal server use the shared key to encrypt packets. The value is a string of characters.
Confirm shared key	Indicates the confirm shared key. The format is the same as that of the shared key.
VLANIF interface	Select an interface and click to bind the interface to the Portal server. You can select multiple interfaces to bind them to the Portal server. To unbind an interface from the Portal server, select the interface and click .

Set the parameters.
Click Apply.

The unified mode.

Click Configuration to display the Configuration page.
Choose Basic Services > User Access Control in the navigation tree to display the User Access Control page.

Click the Portal Server tab to display the Portal Server page.

Table 2 describes the parameters for Portal authentication configuration.

**Table 2** Parameters for Portal Server configuration
Parameter	Description
Server IP address	Indicates the IP address of the Portal server.
Port number	Indicates the port number of the Portal server.
Shared key	Indicates the shared key used for communication between the switch and Portal server. The switch and Portal server use the shared key to encrypt packets. The value is a string of characters.
Confirm shared key	Indicates the confirm shared key. The format is the same as that of the shared key.

Set the parameters.
Click Apply.