Enabling portal roaming

About portal roaming

If portal roaming is enabled on a VLAN interface, an online portal user can access resources from any Layer 2 port in the VLAN without re-authentication.

If portal roaming is disabled, to access external network resources from a Layer 2 port different from the current access port in the VLAN, the user must do the following:

  1. Logs out from the current port.

  2. Re-authenticates on the new Layer 2 port.

Restrictions and guidelines

Portal roaming takes effect only on portal users logging in from VLAN interfaces. It does not take effect on portal users logging in from common Layer 3 interface.

You cannot enable portal roaming when online portal users or preauthentication portal users exist on the device.

For portal roaming to take effect, you must disable the Rule ARP or ND entry feature by using the undo portal refresh { arp | nd } enable command.

Procedure

  1. Enter system view.

    system-view

  2. Enable portal roaming.

    portal roaming enable

    By default, portal roaming is disabled.