Brocade Mobility 7131 Access Point Product Reference Guide (Supporting software release 4.4.0.0 and later) - Manual (Page 15)

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Hotspot Customization
To date, the default hotspot supported on the access point does not allow users to change the text
on the hotspot portal or the logo for the enterprise where the hotspot is deployed. With this most
recent release of the access point firmware, users now have the ability to customize the
appearance of an access point’s WLAN hotspot pages. The access point’s hotspot feature is
supported by four customer accessible pages (login page, welcome page, failure page, and no
service page) displayed on the client attempting to access the AP’s supported hotspot. These four
pages can be unique to each hotspot supported by one of the access point’s 16 WLANs. The
content of the four hotspot pages can be customized by:
• Altering the text that displays on the screen
• Altering the properties of various screen elements (such as background colors, banner and
logos)
NOTE
The access point allows two logos to be displayed per page. The user has the ability to alter logo
placement and screen banner color schemes.
• Configuring a cascading style sheet (css) to define how hotspot pages display font usage, text
size etc.
• Four different screens are available for customization:
• Login Page – Page used to get user’s credentials.
• Welcome Page – Page displayed when the user successfully logs on.
• Fail Page – Page displayed when the user fails to log on.
• No Service Page – Page displayed when the AP temporarily loses connection to the
authentication server or the adopted wireless controller.
For information on customizing a WLAN’s hotspot display, see Customizing a Hotspot Display on
page 5-156.
For information on the access point’s existing (default) hotspot functionality, see Hotspot Support
on page 1-20.
WAN Failover
With this most recent release of the Mobility 7131N Access Point firmware, a WAN failover feature
has been introduced, since a cellular network infrastructure is completely separate from the
access point’s wired transmission infrastructure.
A WWAN card is a specialized network interface card, allowing a network device to connect,
transmit and receive data over a cellular WAN. The WWAN card uses point to point protocol (PPP) to
connect to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and access the Internet. PPP is the protocol used for
establishing internet links over dial-up modems, DSL connections, and many other types of
point-to-point links.
The wired WAN is the primary WAN link for a Mobility 7131N Access Point, as long as it is enabled
and connected, and the wireless WAN interface is the secondary link. For a WWAN to be a WAN or
LAN recovery solution, the Mobility 7131N Access Point needs to monitor the link status of the
wired WAN and actively check the health of the WAN connection. If a wired WAN or LAN connection
failure is detected, a Mobility 7131N Access Point immediately establishes the WWAN connection
and updates the default gateway to the WWAN interface.