What is Captive Portal untangle?

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Captive Portal allows administrators to block Internet access for users until they complete a defined process. With Captive Portal you can require users to view or accept an Acceptable Use Policy before accessing the Internet (e.g. public WiFi).

Can you use multiple authentication methods simultaneously in captive portal?

Allow Concurrent Logins: This option controls if multiple machines can use the same login credentials simultaneously. If enabled, two or more users can login with the same username/password at the same time.

How do Captive Portals work?

The captive portal technique makes the user with a Web browser (HTTP client) to see a special Web page before being granted normal Internet access. The captive portal intercepts all packets regardless of address or port, until the browser is used as a form of authentication device.

How do you fix a captive portal?

Close all open tabs in your browser. If you have your startup setting “Continue where you left off”, then change it to “Open the new tab page” and open your browser again. If you don’t see the captive portal come up, try going to a http:// website as they can trigger the captive portal.

How do I enable captive portal login?

Configure Captive Portal Settings

Open Manage.
Select Configuration > Device Configuration > SSID Profiles.
Select an existing SSID profile or create a new profile.
Expand the Captive Portal section.
Select the Enable Captive Portal check box to display a portal page to be shown to clients on the guest network.

What is captive portal detected?

A captive portal is what we call a network that requires your action before it allows you to connect to the Internet. This action could be to log in using a username and password, or just to accept the network’s terms and conditions. The way most networks do this is by redirecting you to such a page.

How do I fix the zscaler captive portal detected?

Zscaler Client Connector is in a fail-open state because Zscaler Client Connector detected a captive portal. Click Retry and then resolve the captive portal. The Retry option appears next to the Status. If you don’t resolve the captive portal in time, click Retry to try again.

Why is my captive portal not working?

Sometimes there are breaks with the system but it could be a different reason for different networks. In other cases having your computer set to use a custom DNS server can cause problems with captive portals. In most cases the problem is related to the network itself and you as a user can’t do anything about it.

How do I get out of a captive portal?

Disabling Captive Portal Authentication

Select a wireless guest or a wired guest profile.
Navigate to the Security tab.
Select None from the Splash page type drop-down list.
If required, configure the security parameters.
Click Next and then click Finish to apply the changes.

How do I fix my captive portal login?

How to turn on captive portal on untanglewiki?

If Basic Login is chosen, set the appropriate authentication method for users on the User Authentication tab. Turn on Captive Portal. At this point Captive Portal will evaluate your Capture Rules and any traffic that matches will be stopped until that user has completed the Captive Portal process.

Why is my captive portal login page not working?

Our clients can connect to this network however Google / browsers homepage is loading and NOT the “Login Page” we configure. I can manually type in the address of the Login Page but ideally we want the browser to redirect to this page. Any idea where to start? 2. RE: Captive Portal Login Page Redirection Not Working

How does the capture rule work in captive portal?

The Capture Rules tab allows you to specify rules to Capture or Pass traffic that crosses the Untangle. The Rules documentation describes how rules work and how they are configured. Captive Portal uses rules to determine whether to capture or pass each network session.