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WFS709TP Guest Access with Corporate Proxy Version 1.0

WFS709TP Guest Access with Corporate Proxy

Network administrators often implement secure guest wireless access alongside their secure

corporate wireless access. In many companies there is a requirement to force guest traffic

through a proxy server. An existing proxy server is the obvious solution for examining visitor’s

traffic, however it is onerous for visitors to manually configure a proxy, and it is easy for them to

make a mistake.

This document describes an implementation of a secure guest wireless access solution which

automates proxy implementation for the guests.

1. Overview of Solution

Visitors join the ‘guest’ SSID broadcast by the access point and are given a DHCP address. The

DHCP server is configured to point to a WPAD.DAT file for the guest in a DHCP option. The

WPAD.DAT file contains the location of the proxy. Microsoft Internet Explorer and Firefox will pick

up this WPAD.DAT file and set their proxy accordingly, through the use of the ‘automatically

detect my network settings’ option within the browser.

Configuration steps:

1) Configure DHCP option 252

2) Create the WPAD.DAT file and upload it to the WFS709TP’s Captive Portal

3) Configure HTTP proxy host settings in the WFS709TP’s Captive Portal

2. Network Diagram

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WFS709TP Guest Access with Corporate Proxy Version 1.0 WFS709TP Guest Access with Corporate Proxy Network administrators often implement secure gu

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WFS709TP Guest Access with Corporate Proxy Version 1.0 3. Configuring DHCP Option 252 The description here applies to a Microsoft DCHP server. Fi

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WFS709TP Guest Access with Corporate Proxy Version 1.0 • Next, right click on Scope Options and click Configure Options • Enable option 252

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WFS709TP Guest Access with Corporate Proxy Version 1.0 5. Configuring proxy server in WFS709TP • Finally, add the proxy server address and port

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