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About the public access interface
The public access interface is the sequence of Web pages that users use to log in, log out, and
view the status of their wireless connections to the public access network. By default, these
Web pages are hosted on the service controller integrated Web server. However, pages can
also be hosted on external servers for added flexibility.
Standard pages are provided for common tasks such as login, service purchase, and display
of session information. The pages are all fully editable and customizable, enabling you to
tailor the public access interface Web pages to provide a customized look-and-feel for your
site.
Advertisements can be displayed at a specific interval if required.
The public access interface is only active on access-controlled VSCs.
If only MAC-based authentication is defined on the default VSC, wired users gain access to
the network without being authenticated. Wireless users however, must log in because MAC-
based authentication applies to wireless users only.
Public access examples
Sample public access files are referenced in this chapter. You can download a Public Access
Examples zip file from the HP ProCurve manuals page at: www.procurve.com/manuals.
Look under MSM7xx Controllers. Download the zip file and extract its content to a folder
on your computer.
Default configuration
By default, the service controller creates a VSC named HP ProCurve with the following
properties:
Wireless network name: HP ProCurve
Use Service Controller for Authentication is enabled. (If you disable this option, the
service controller will not provide user authentication services for 802.1X, WPA, or
WPA2.)
Use Service Controller for Access control is enabled. (If you disable this option, you
disable the public access interface and all users gain access to the protected network.)
HTML-based authentication is enabled.
This means that when a user connects to the default VSC:
Unauthenticated users cannot access the protected network, except for: procurve.com
(for product registration) and windowsupdate.com (for IE which tries to get to a
windows update on fresh start).
Authenticated users can access all protected network resources.
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