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Public/guest network access
Setting site configuration options
For a walkthrough of the public access interface pages related to this option, see About the
“Subscribe to the service” feature on page 8-5.
Pre-requisites
To use this feature, the following items must be pre-configured:
One or more subscription plans must be defined by selecting Users > Subscription
plans.
To support credit card payments, the credit card payment service must be enabled and
configured by selecting Public access > Payment services.
Display the Free Access option
When enabled, the Free Access option is displayed on the default Login page (index.asp).
This enables users to login to the public access interface without paying.
A user account is automatically created for each user that selects the Free Access option.
Each account has the following properties:
The account name and password are set to the MAC address of the user’s device.
The account is valid for up to 30 minutes from the time it is created. To change this time
use the Free accounts are valid for nn minutes option. When a Free Access account
expires, the user can choose Free Access again and continue browsing.
Account settings are imported from the Default AC profile. See About the Default AC
profile on page 7-6.
Free accounts are valid for nn minutes
Specify how many minutes a free account is valid, starting from the time the user logs in with
the Free Access option.
Support a local Welcome page
Use this feature to host the Welcome page on the service controller Web server.
When enabled, users are redirected to welcome.asp on the service controller Web
server.
When disabled, you can use the welcome-url attribute (see Default user URLs on
page 9-52) to define a remotely hosted welcome page.
Use frames when presenting ads
This option controls how advertising is displayed:
When this option is enabled, users are redirected to ads-frameset.asp.
When this option is disabled, users are redirected to ads.asp.
For more information on how advertising works, see Display advertisements on page 8-32.
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