Guest Login
An LDAP directory is a collection of data about users and groups. LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) is an Internet protocol that web applications can use to look up information about those users from the LDAP server.
Students, employees who are included in identity stores (such as Microsoft Active Directory) can also gain access through the credentialed Guest hotspot portal.
HSNM can connect with external identity sources such as Microsoft Active Directory LDAP servers to obtain user information for authentication and then authorize the guest.
More and more schools, colleges, universities, businesses see it as a great opportunity to reach more pupils and improve security when authenticating.
Guests just need to edit their credentials to sign up.
The service is either free, charged prepaid with online top-up or postpaid.
You can configure this login form by using the following steps.
Select your Domain.
In the dropdown menu, click Edit.
Expand the General Data menu.
In the Authentication Mode dropdown list, select Social login only.
Expand the External Authentications menu.
In the Enable LDAP Authentication tick Yes.
Click the Save button on the top right of the page.
To configure a connection to your LDAP server
From the Admin tab, scroll down till External Authentications.
If you have a HSNM Enterprise Edition, you can either configure it at admin level and/or set up a LDAP server specific for each reseller. You just need to follow the procedure expanding the dropdown menu of the specific reseller and select External Authentications.
Expand the LDAP Authentication section and specify the relevant details in the fields.
Click Save in the top right corner of the page. Your entries are saved.