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and not port-based authentication. This means that all clients connected to the captive
portal interface must be authenticated before they can get access to the network.

Configure the global captive portal settings

You can control the administrative state of the captive portal feature, and configure
global settings that affect all captive portals that you configure on the switch.

To configure the global captive portal settings:

1. Launch a web browser.

2. In the address field of your web browser, enter the IP address of the switch.

The login page displays.

3. Click the Main UI Login button.

The main UI login page displays in a new tab.

4. Enter admin as the user name, enter your local device password, and click the Login

button.
The first time that you log in, no password is required. However, you then must
specify a local device password to use each subsequent time that you log in.

The System Information page displays.

5. Select Security > Control > Captive Portal > CP Global Configuration.

The CP Global Configuration page displays.

6. Select the Admin Mode Disable or Enable radio button.

This selection sets the administrative mode of the captive portal feature. The default
is Disable.

7. In the Additional HTTP Port field, enter a port number between 0 and 65535,

excluding port 80.
HTTP traffic uses standard port 80, but you can configure an additional port for HTTP
traffic. The default is 0, which disables this option.

8. In the Additional HTTP Secure Port field, enter a port number between 0 and 65535,

excluding port 443.
HTTP Secure (HTTPS) traffic uses standard port 443, but you can configure an
additional port for HTTPS traffic. The default is 0, which disables this option.

9. In the Authentication Timeout field, enter the number of seconds that an

authentication session remains open while a client attempts to access the network
through a captive portal.

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