Captive Portal Commands 127162Captive Portal CommandsThe Captive Portal feature is a software implementation that blocks bothwired and wireless clients from accessing the network until user verificationhas been established. Verification can be configured to allow access for bothguest and authenticated users. Authenticated users must be validated againsta database of authorized Captive Portal users before access is granted.The Authentication server supports both HTTP and HTTPS webconnections. In addition, Captive Portal can be configured to use an optionalHTTP port (in support of HTTP Proxy networks) or an optional HTTPS port.If configured, this additional port or ports are then used exclusively byCaptive Portal.NOTE: This optional HTTP port is in addition to the standard HTTP port 80 which iscurrently being used for all other web traffic, and the optional HTTPS port is inaddition to the standard HTTPS port 443 used for secure web traffic.Commands in this ChapterThis chapter explains the following commands:Captive Portal Global CommandsCaptive Portal Configuration Commandsauthentication timeout https portcaptive-portal show captive-portalenable show captive-portal statushttp portblock name (Captive Portal)configuration protocolenable redirectgroup redirect-url