Creating a Guest Pass Operator

Guest Pass operators are individuals within an organization who have the authority to generate Guest Passes for visitors.

This task describes how to create a user role for a category of user that is allowed to generate and manage Guest Passes.

  1. After configuring Email and SMS settings, you will be prompted to configure a Guest Pass operator.

    Configuring a Guest Pass Operator

  2. Click OK to configure the Guest Pass operator role or click Cancel to configure these settings later. Refer to Configuring User Roles for more information.
    Note: To configure additional operator roles, select Administration > User Account > Roles > Add > Roles. To allow access to WLANs, from the Roles sub-tab, select a specific guest WLAN checkbox and click Edit. In the Edit page, under Guest Password, select the Allow Guest Pass Generation option for the selected WLAN and click Apply.
  3. Unleashed
    Configure the following settings to create a role for the Guest Pass operator:
    • Name: Enter a unique name for the operator role (from 1 through 32 characters).
    • (Optional) Description: Enter a brief description for the role.
    • (Optional) Group Attributes: Used by AAA servers to authenticate the user.
    • Under Policies, select one of the following options:
      • Allow access to all WLANs: Selects all the WLANs available. (The list of available WLANs only includes unique password type guest WLANs.)
      • Specify WLAN access: Select the specific WLANs by clicking the corresponding checkbox. The Guest Pass Operator will be allowed to issue guest passes for the selected WLANs.
    • Guest Password: Select the Allow Guest Pass Generation option to allow Guest Pass generation.
    • Under Administration, select Allow Unleashed Administration option and select Operator.
    • Click Add to create the role.

    Create Guest Pass Operator - Step 1

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    On the next sidebar that appears, configure the following settings to associate a user with this Guest Pass operator role:
    • Username: Enter an user name.
    • (Optional) Full name: Enter the full name of the user.
    • Password: Enter a password. The password must be from 8 through 32 characters with at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one number and one special character, which cannot include "`" or "$(".
    • Confirm Password: Re-enter the password.
    • Role: Select the Guest Pass operator role that you created from the drop-down list. Click Edit to edit the user role settings. To create a new role, click +.

    Create Guest Pass Operator - Step 2

    The confirmation screen displays the URL where this user can create guest passes.
    Note: Users with the Guest Pass operator role can login to https://[host_ip_address]/guestpass using the above user credentials.

    Go to Administration > User Account > Users > Add > New Users to create additional users for the operator role.

Parent topic: Guest WLANs