Configuring a portal authentication server
Configure this feature when user authentication uses an external portal authentication server.
Perform this task to configure the following portal authentication server parameters:
IP address of the portal authentication server.
VPN instance of the portal authentication server.
Shared encryption key used between the device and the portal authentication server.
Destination UDP port number used by the device to send unsolicited portal packets to the portal authentication server.
Portal authentication server type, which must be the same as the server type the device actually uses.
The device supports multiple portal authentication servers.
Do not delete a portal authentication server in use. Otherwise, users authenticated by that server cannot log out normally.
To configure a portal authentication server:
Step | Command | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
1. Enter system view. | system-view | N/A |
2. Create a portal authentication server, and enter its view. | portal server server-name | By default, no portal authentication servers exist. |
3. Specify the IP address of the portal authentication server. |
| Specify an IPv4 portal authentication server, an IPv6 authentication portal server, or both. By default, no portal authentication server is specified. |
4. (Optional.) Set the destination UDP port number used by the device to send unsolicited portal packets to the portal authentication server. | port port-number | By default, the UDP port number is 50100. This port number must be the same as the listening port number specified on the portal authentication server. |
5. (Optional.) Specify the portal authentication server type. | server-type imc | By default, the portal authentication server type is IMC. |