A wireless access device and automatic authentication method

Abstract

The present application provides a method for automatic authentication, the method comprising: a wireless access device actively initiates a Portal authentication request to the AC and the Portal authentication server in the uplink network, and records information such as the IP address and the authentication page of the Portal authentication server; The access device receives the message to be forwarded and judges whether the destination address of the message to be forwarded is consistent with the recorded IP address of the current Portal server, and further judges whether the access content of the message is consistent with the current Portal server's authentication If the page information is consistent, it is confirmed that it is a redirection message, the message to be forwarded is discarded, and the Portal automatic authentication function of the wireless uplink interface is triggered at the same time. Based on the same idea, the present application also provides a wireless access device, using the technical solution of the present application, the wireless access authentication can be made simple and reliable.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a wireless access technology, in particular to a technology for automatic authentication of a wireless access bridge Portal. Background technique [0002] The operator provides Internet access services for wireless users through the wireless controller AC and PortalServer server, and realizes wireless hotspot coverage in different areas through the regional wireless access point AP. Finally, wireless users can access the regional wireless access point AP , and pass the Portal authentication of the wireless controller AC, so as to achieve the purpose of accessing Internet resources. [0003] However, due to the shortcomings of the wireless transmission medium itself, such as susceptibility to interference and poor penetration capability, the coverage quality of wireless signals in some buildings or remote areas is poor, and it cannot provide reliable Internet access services for final wireless terminal users. Therefore, it is n...

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[0004] In the current wireless network networking environment of the operator, there are mainly two solutions to meet the above requirements: the first solution is to place a management PC on the LAN side of the wireless access bridge device, and the administrator of the PC Manually complete the wireless Portal authentication when connecting to the wireless network for the first time or when the wireless Portal authentication connection is disconnected. This requires administrators to manually complete the Portal authentication of the uplink wireless interface. The network maintenance is too heavy to implement on-demand authentication. That is, the uplink wireless Portal authentication is disconnected when no one is using the network, and Portal authentication is performed when someone needs to access Internet resources. At the same time, abnormal situations such as Portal authentication being abnormally disconnected from the uplink network cannot be automatically detected.

The second solution is to inform each terminal user connected to the PC on the LAN side of the wireless access bridge device of the user name and password required for wireless portal authentication. When one of the users needs to access Internet resources and the current When the wireless uplink interface fails Portal authentication, the user manually completes Portal authentication. However, this solution needs to inform multiple users of the user name and password required to complete Portal authentication, which poses security risks and is also easy to use. The problem is that every user who accesses Internet resources through a wireless access bridge device needs to understand the process and method of Portal authentication in the wireless uplink network. Only after the Portal authentication is completed correctly can he access Internet resources without restriction

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