Portal Profile

Context

In Portal authentication, users do not need a specific client. The Portal server provides users with free Portal services and a Portal authentication page.

Procedure

Create a Portal profile.

Choose Configuration > Wireless Services > Profile > Wireless Service > Portal Profile. The Portal Profile List page is displayed.
Click Create. The Create Portal Profile page is displayed.
Enter the name of the new portal profile in Profile name.
Click OK. The parameter setting page for creating a Portal profile is displayed, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 Parameter setting page for creating a Portal profile

Set parameters for creating a Portal profile. Table 1 describes the parameters for creating a Portal profile.

**Table 1** Portal profile parameters
Parameter	Description
Portal Profile	Name of the Portal profile, which cannot be modified.
Portal authentication	Portal authentication mode, which can be built-in or external.
Built-in Portal authentication mode	Built-in Portal authentication mode, which can be account or anonymous mode. This parameter can be set only when Portal authentication is set to Built-in portal server.
Redirect-to URL upon successful authentication	Redirect-to URL. This parameter can be set only when Portal authentication is set to Built-in portal server.
Interoperation protocol	Portal or HTTP used for interoperation. This parameter can be set only when Portal authentication is set to External portal server.
Primary Portal server group	Name of the primary Portal server profile. This parameter can be set only when Portal authentication is set to External portal server.
Secondary Portal server group	Name of the secondary Portal server profile. This parameter can be set only when Interoperation protocol is set to Portal.
Authentication mode	Authentication mode of the Portal profile. This parameter can be set only when Portal authentication is set to External portal server.
Source authentication network segment/mask	Source subnet for Portal authentication. This parameter can be set only when Authentication mode is Layer 3 authentication.
User reauthentication when the Portal server is available	The device is enabled to reauthenticate users when the Portal server changes from Down to Up. This parameter can be set only when Interoperation protocol is set to Portal.

Click Apply. In the Info dialog box that is displayed, click OK.

Modify a Portal profile.
1. Choose Configuration > Wireless Services > Profile > Wireless Service > Portal Profile. The Portal Profile List page is displayed.
2. Click the Portal profile to modify. The Portal profile configuration page is displayed.
3. Set parameters for modifying a Portal profile. Table 1 describes the parameters for modifying a Portal profile.
4. Click Apply. In the Info dialog box that is displayed, click OK.
Delete a Portal profile.
1. Choose Configuration > Wireless Services > Profile > Wireless Service > Portal Profile. The Portal Profile List page is displayed.
2. Select the profile that you want to delete and click Delete. In the Confirm dialog box that is displayed, click OK.
Display the profile reference relationship.
1. Choose Configuration > Wireless Services > Profile > Wireless Service > Portal Profile. The Portal Profile List page is displayed.
2. Select the profile of which you want to display the reference relationship and click Display Reference Relationship. The system displays the types and names of the objects that reference the profile.
  
  Click Hide Reference Relationship. The system hides the displayed results.