Manual set up and management

The following configuration steps show you how to use LANconfig to manually setup a Public Spot user for simple scenarios. You create and manage Public Spot users using the User database of the device's internal RADIUS server under RADIUS > Server > User database. Here you enter all of the users who should have access to the Public Spot – just as the setup wizard does as well.

Note: For user administration, the Public Spot module also has its own internal list (found under Public Spot > Users > User list). During technical development, this list was replaced as of LCOS 7.70 by the user administration via RADIUS. For compatibility reasons, the device still evaluates the internal user list of the Public Spot module if it is enabled. However, for a new installation you should no longer use this list, since it prevents you from using many features (setup and administration using the wizard, bandwidth restrictions, accounting via RADIUS, VLAN IDs for Public Spot users, etc.).

In Name you enter the usernames of future users or the MAC addresses of their end devices.
If you selected the authentication mode Login with name and password, enter the name of the username that the user employs to authenticate on the Public Spot. Entering a password is optional, however it is recommended for the authentication mode above.
- LANconfig: RADIUS > Server > User database > User table
Note: If the authentication is performed using the MAC address (authentication modus Authenticate with name, password and MAC address), you define the MAC address using the field Calling station in the format 12:34:56:78:90:AB.
Set the Service-Type to Login.
You remove all protocol restrictions by deselecting all check boxes.
Two-phase authentication is not performed in a Public Spot scenario. This only makes sense for direct WLAN connections without Public Spot operations and the associated RADIUS users.
Note: If you do not completely remove the protocol restrictions, a user cannot log in using the login web page of your Public Spot!
Optional: On request, you can also, for example,
- Enter a relative and/or absolute expiry date for the validity of the user account in the section Validity/Expiry (relative = validity in seconds after the first login);
- Limit the uplink/downlink under TX/RX bandwidth limit;
- Enable Multiple login and enter the Max. concurrent logins of end devices
Store the configuration on your device.

That's it! Your Public Spot users can now login with the credentials that you specified.