Security

I would like to put a hyperlink on the internal captive portal splash page.  I added the link to the Walled Garden whitelist so it can be accessed pre-auth.  The purpose is to link to a more detailed "Terms of Use" (since the section of the splash page only allows 255 char).  Only makes sense to me to give guests an idea (not that many actually will care) what they're agreeing too before they agree.

Current behavior when I try:  I put an <a href> tag in, it looks good in the preview, strips the tag when saved.  Also tried through CLI with the same result.

Thanks for any help on this!

OS: 6.3.1.1-4.0.0.1  Aruba Instant

http://www.arubanetworks.com/techdocs/InstantMobile/Advanced/Content/Chapter11%20Authentication/CustomizingSplashPage.htm?SearchType=Stem&Highlight=Guest|guest|guests

In the Instant UI

In the CLI

To customize internal captive portal splash page:

(Instant Access Point)(config)# wlan captive-portal

(Instant Access Point)(Captive Portal)# authenticated

(Instant Access Point)(Captive Portal)# background-color <color-indicator>

(Instant Access Point)(Captive Portal)# banner-color <color-indicator>

(Instant Access Point)(Captive Portal)# banner-text <text>

(Instant Access Point)(Captive Portal)# decoded-texts <text>

(Instant Access Point)(Captive Portal)# redirect-url <url>

(Instant Access Point)(Captive Portal)# terms-of-use <text>

(Instant Access Point)(Captive Portal)# use-policy <text>

(Instant Access Point)(Captive Portal)# end

(Instant Access Point)# commit apply

I understand setting up the internal captive portal, and that is pretty much verbatim from the docs.  My question is geared moreso towards whether I can use the <a href> tag in the terms-of-use without it being stripped out when it's saved.

The internal is good enough for what we would use it for (especially if there's a way around this), so an external captive portal doesn't seem worth the effort for this one minor detail.

Hello MooNBeaR1

Check out this post by Nesvik:

Internal Captive Portal with automatic guest auth and redirect to welcome page - Jan14-Tutorial 

That is an automatic redirect, but still should give you an idea of how to create your own custom captive portal with any URL's you want. Depending on what to use them for - make sure you add them to a whitelist for the logon role ;)

Cheers!

Thanks for the link, however, I'm assuming there's no simple answer to the question.  The link you provided is a little outdated, as, from what I can see, the ability to upload a customised page is no longer an option:

"Upload this file in "Management > Captive Portal > Upload Login Pages". Choose page type: Captive Portal Login (top-level)."

The interface no longer has the old tree-view.  That was also for automatic guest login and redirect - we are using the internal auth for guests (besides the point though).

So I think unless it becomes a much higher priority to put a clickable link there, I won't worry about external captive portal - I'll leave them with the full URL to copy/paste (much less "pretty").

Thank you for your efforts!

It is possible to put a hyperlink on the default splash page of Instant. This is the code that worked for me:

<a href="url">link text</a>

In real life this would look something like:

<a href="http://arubanetworks.com">ArubaNetworks</a>

Hope this helps anyone that needs this

Inline HTML elements are not able to be added to the built-in captive-portal on the IAP.  At least not on version 6.4.2.6-4.1.1.12.

I am unsure whether or not it will be available in a later release.  I have been attempting the same thing for the last 2 hours on my IAP without luck.  Most often than not the splash page simply reverts to the last saved splash page without HTML elements.

Dear Aruba Support,

Any Solution for this issue? especially the bug on the GUI I can't saved any changes to the use policy text box.

Please open a TAC case to contact Aruba Support. This thread is very old.