Captive portal systems, methods, and devices
AssigneeAvaya Inc.
InventorsSeung Bong Han, Yong Seok Joo, Binoj Pattathiparambil Gangadharan
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present technology provide out-of-band captive portal devices, networks, and methods. An example of a method includes executing a redirection of a client request for network access to a captive portal login, initiating an association between the wireless controller and the client, receiving authentication credentials of client from the captive portal login, negotiating a change of authorization with a wireless controller in accordance with RFC 5176 protocol, wherein the controller includes a mapping to a captive portal Internet Protocol (IP) address, and redirecting the client to a URL specified in the client request for network access.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- executing a redirection of a client request for network access to a captive portal login;
- initiating an association between the wireless controller and the client;
- receiving authentication credentials of client from the captive portal login;
- negotiating a change of authorization with a wireless controller in accordance with RFC 5176 protocol to authorize the client, wherein the controller includes a mapping to a captive portal Internet Protocol (IP) address;
- and
- redirecting the client to a URL specified in the client request for network access.
A captive portal device, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory for storing logic that when executed by the processor causes the captive portal device to:
- execute a redirection of a client request for network access to a captive portal login;
- initiate an association between the wireless controller and the client;
- receive authentication credentials of client from the captive portal login;
- negotiate a change of authorization with a wireless controller in accordance with RFC 5176 protocol to authorize the client, wherein the controller includes a mapping to a captive portal Internet Protocol (IP) address;
- and
- redirect the client to a URL specified in the client request for network access.
A wireless controller, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory for storing logic that when executed by the processor causes the wireless controller to:
- receive a client request for network access from an access point associated with the client;
- establish an association between the access point and the client, the association not allowing access to the network by the client;
- and
- negotiate a change of authorization with a captive portal device according to an RFC 5176 protocol to authorize the client, wherein the captive portal device is mapped to the wireless controller using a captive portal Internet Protocol (IP) address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.