Captive Portal Configuration

Configure Captive Portal Profile

For DNAT supported Vendor

To configure Access Rules for Network Vendors that support DNAT (ex: Aruba), perform the below steps:

  1. On Access Profiles tab, create a Access Profile for Captive Portal

  2. On Aruba drop-down, declare a values (ex: ORG_B_2084RDR) for Aruba-User-Role attributes


  1. On Rules tab, add a new Rule and select to assign to the above Captive Portal profile


  1. On the Network Vendor (ex: Aruba) console, create an ACL (Network Access Control List) to forward traffic to your NAC Edge.


For VLAN supported Vendor

To configure Access Rules for Network Vendors that support VLAN redirect (ex: Cisco), perform the below steps:

  1. On Access Profiles tab, create a Access Profile for Captive Portal

  2. On Cisco dropdown, declare a value (ex: 1776) for Tunnel-Private-Group-Id attribute


  1. Config redirect for VLAN

Pre-condition: a Layer 3 router or switch with ACL (Access Control List) and Policy Routing capabilities is required. The configuration will involve the following sections:

  • ACL and Policy Map on Router

ip access-list extended Non_Redirect #create ip access extended permit udp any any eq domain permit udp any any eq bootps route-map CloudNac_Quarantine deny 10 #create route map match ip address Non_Redirect route-map CloudNac_Quarantine permit 20 set ip next-hop 10.40.177.85 #IP Address of NAC Edge #Apply route map into Router interface GigabitEthernet0_0.1796 description Wireless Quarantine Subnet encapsulation dot1Q 1796 ip address 10.40.179.65 255.255.255.240 ip helper-address 10.40.177.94 #DHCP Server in outside of this vlan no ip route-cache ip policy route-map CloudNac_Quarantine #Apply route map CloudNac_Quarantine

How to verify

  1. Using a test device & Connect to the Network

  2. If the agent is not installed on that machine, the browser will be redirect to a remediation page, prompting the user to install Agent.


Note: For Apple devices, IT admin can make use of DHCP option 114 on Windows DHCP server to get NAC integrated with Apple CNA (Captive Network Assistant),