A message is displayed that the Internet is temporarily unavailable. When the AP detects that Internet connectivity is not available from the guest VLAN, it automatically redirects all HTTP requests from guest users to a splash page. Use the Enable Internet connectivity detection feature to provide feedback to guests when the Internet is temporarily unavailable on the guest SSID. Select the Enable Internet connectivity detection check box if you want to check internet connectivity and display a portal error page if Internet connectivity is lost.Select the Roaming check box if you do not want Wi-Fi clients to see the splash page when they roam from one AP to another.If you leave this option undefined, the browser is redirected to the original URL requested when the portal page was displayed. In the Redirect URL text box, specify the URL to redirect to after the user authenticates on the portal page.Authentication sites are sites that a guest user can use for authentication to receive Wi-Fi access through the portal.įor more information, see About Authentication Sites and Walled Garden. Configure your Walled Garden and Authentication Sites.Ī walled garden is a method to provide a list of restricted Internet sites that guest users can get access to without redirection to a portal splash page.External Splash Page with RADIUS Authentication.External Splash Page for Sign-In/Click-through.AP Hosted Splash Page with Click-through.Select the Enable Captive Portal check box to display a portal page to be shown to clients on the guest network.Select an existing SSID profile or create a new profile.Select Configuration > Device Configuration > SSID Profiles.To enable and configure captive portal settings in an SSID profile: For more information, see About WatchGuard Engage. You can create Captive Portal splash pages with Engage. To enable and manage Captive Portals with Analyze, see About Portal Management. You can create portal splash pages with Analyze and Engage, or you can host your own splash page on an external server.Īnalyze and Engage captive portal features require a Total Wi-Fi AP subscription. This enables you to restrict wireless connectivity (such as Internet-only connectivity) for guest wireless clients. The client can gain access to the Internet after they successfully authenticate or accept the terms of use on the portal page. A captive portal is a web page to which a client is redirected when they connect to a guest SSID.

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