Captive Portal: How to Setup a Redirect on NXC or Access Point

In this article, we will take a look at how to set up a Captive Portal and redirect on the Controller or the Access Point.

The steps we will take to achieve this will be as follows:

Setting up the Network

enabling an SSID

enabling the captive Portal

Activate Controller redirect or Access Point Redirect

changing the Logout IP Address

testing the Result

For this we will need to meet the following requirements:

We need an NXC, a Zyxel PoE Switch, Zyxel PoE Access Point, a Mobile Client. We need to have already set up a guest account.

Topology:

In this example, we will work with the Standard VLAN Setting.

Setting Up the Network:

Go To:

Configuration -> Network -> Interface -> VLAN

Choose a fixed IP Address in the Range of your Gateway (exp. 192.168.1.1 /24)

Please be advised that You have to Setup the Gateway (in this case 192.168.1.254 /24)

Setting Up the SSID:

Go To:

Configuration -> Object -> AP Profile -> SSID -> SSID List -> Add

We choose a Name (cp_lab_test) and leave it on the default Security, which is “open.”

Setting Up the Captive Portal:

Go To:

Configuration -> Captive Portal -> Captive Portal

Now we activate the Captive Portal by clicking on:

“Enable Captive Portal”

In the Second Step, we set the Logout IP:

“6.6.6.6“

!It is Advisable to set the Logout IP to a local IP (exp. 10.1.1.10)!

Setting Up the Redirect:

Go To:

Configuration -> Captive Portal -> Redirect on Controller

Click on:

“add”
Source: “LAN_SUBNET”
Destination: “ANY”
Schedule: “NONE”
Authentication: “FORCE”
Login Page: “Controller_default”
Auth. Method: “default”

or Go To:

Configuration -> Captive Portal -> Redirect on AP

We need to Setup the following:

1) Auth. Policy Rule

2) Auth. Policy Group

After that, click on:

"Apply"

Testing the Redirect: