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Administration Guide

Splash page

Splash page

The Portal Splash Page is used in an environment where full guest management is not necessary. This feature allows you to set up a captive portal page to which guests are directed when they access the network. The page may contain an Acceptable Use Policy and guests must indicate that they agree before being granted access to the Production network. Using this option, guests do not register using credentials, they have no guest account, they are simply allowed to access the network on a specific SSID. Hosts are registered as devices, are displayed in Host view and are not associated with any user.

Using the Portal Splash Page or anonymous authentication eliminates the need to configure Guest Templates, Sponsors for guests and Guest Accounts, therefore those options are removed from the Quick Start wizard. However, you must still go through the Discovery process to locate FortiNAC arrays, the Portal Page step to configure the content displayed in the captive portal and the Network Devices step to configure your SSIDs.

Click Apply to save your changes or navigate to another step to abandon them. Navigating to this step refreshes the data with the latest information stored in the database.

Note

Anonymous authentication is not supported with a portal configured with Host Inventory used as the success page type.

Settings

Field

Definition

Portal Title

Title that displays across the top of all web pages in the captive portal.

Header Image

Image that displays as a banner across the top of each web page in the portal. Image size should be 80 pixels by 780 pixels.

Upload Image Button

Uploads new images to FortiNAC for use in the banner on web pages in the captive portal.

Acceptable Use Policy

Controls the display of the Acceptable Use Policy in the portal during registration. Options include:

  • None — No policy is displayed.
  • Show In Page — Text entered in the Usage Policy field is displayed in its own section on the registration page in the portal.
  • Show HTML Link — Text entered in the Usage Policy field is added to a separate page in the portal and is accessed from the registration page via a link.

Acceptable Use Policy Checkbox Text

Text displayed next to the checkbox that allows the guest user to agree to or accept the policy.

URL For Acceptable Use Policy

If you would like to redirect the guest user to another web page to review the Acceptable Use Policy, enter the URL here.

Link Text For Acceptable Use Policy

If guest users will navigate to a different URL to review the Acceptable Use Policy, enter the text that will displayed as the link to that URL.

Text For Acceptable Use Policy

Type the text of your policy in this field to display it to network users when they are in the captive portal.

Style Editor Button

Opens a WYSIWYG style sheet editor.

Advanced Configuration

Opens the Advanced Portal Configuration view allowing you to modify the content of pages seen by users in the portal.

Change Portal Mode

Enables additional steps in the Quick Start wizard allowing you to set up Guest Management and Device Onboarding. Disables the Portal Splash Page. You must click Yes on the confirmation screen to complete this transition.

Splash page

Splash page

The Portal Splash Page is used in an environment where full guest management is not necessary. This feature allows you to set up a captive portal page to which guests are directed when they access the network. The page may contain an Acceptable Use Policy and guests must indicate that they agree before being granted access to the Production network. Using this option, guests do not register using credentials, they have no guest account, they are simply allowed to access the network on a specific SSID. Hosts are registered as devices, are displayed in Host view and are not associated with any user.

Using the Portal Splash Page or anonymous authentication eliminates the need to configure Guest Templates, Sponsors for guests and Guest Accounts, therefore those options are removed from the Quick Start wizard. However, you must still go through the Discovery process to locate FortiNAC arrays, the Portal Page step to configure the content displayed in the captive portal and the Network Devices step to configure your SSIDs.

Click Apply to save your changes or navigate to another step to abandon them. Navigating to this step refreshes the data with the latest information stored in the database.

Note

Anonymous authentication is not supported with a portal configured with Host Inventory used as the success page type.

Settings

Field

Definition

Portal Title

Title that displays across the top of all web pages in the captive portal.

Header Image

Image that displays as a banner across the top of each web page in the portal. Image size should be 80 pixels by 780 pixels.

Upload Image Button

Uploads new images to FortiNAC for use in the banner on web pages in the captive portal.

Acceptable Use Policy

Controls the display of the Acceptable Use Policy in the portal during registration. Options include:

  • None — No policy is displayed.
  • Show In Page — Text entered in the Usage Policy field is displayed in its own section on the registration page in the portal.
  • Show HTML Link — Text entered in the Usage Policy field is added to a separate page in the portal and is accessed from the registration page via a link.

Acceptable Use Policy Checkbox Text

Text displayed next to the checkbox that allows the guest user to agree to or accept the policy.

URL For Acceptable Use Policy

If you would like to redirect the guest user to another web page to review the Acceptable Use Policy, enter the URL here.

Link Text For Acceptable Use Policy

If guest users will navigate to a different URL to review the Acceptable Use Policy, enter the text that will displayed as the link to that URL.

Text For Acceptable Use Policy

Type the text of your policy in this field to display it to network users when they are in the captive portal.

Style Editor Button

Opens a WYSIWYG style sheet editor.

Advanced Configuration

Opens the Advanced Portal Configuration view allowing you to modify the content of pages seen by users in the portal.

Change Portal Mode

Enables additional steps in the Quick Start wizard allowing you to set up Guest Management and Device Onboarding. Disables the Portal Splash Page. You must click Yes on the confirmation screen to complete this transition.