Revoking a Wireless Client

You can force wireless clients that joined the wireless network through an authentication portal (for example, a hotspot, guest access, or web authentication portal) to reauthenticate themselves by revoking or deauthorizing them. The revoked wireless clients remain connected to the wireless network but are redirected to the authentication portal whenever they attempt to access network resources.

Complete the following steps to revoke access and remove a client from a captive portal network:
Note:
  • You must have administrator privileges to revoke access and remove a client.
  • Revoking access only works for clients currently connected through a captive portal network.
  • You might consider revoking a wireless client device for the following reasons:
    • Network abuse
    • Violation of acceptable use policy
    • Theft
    • Security compromise
  1. From the navigation pane, click Clients > Wireless Clients List.
    The Wireless Clients page loads displaying the connected wireless clients.
    Note: If a large number of clients appears on the Clients page, use the filtering options to narrow down the client list. For more information, refer to Filtering Associated Clients .
  2. From the list of currently associated clients, locate the wireless client for which you want to revoke access and click Revoke.
    Revoking Network Access (Connected Clients Page)
    Alternatively, click on the name of the client to go to the client page and on the upper-right corner, click Actions and click Revoke Network Access.
    Revoking Network Access (Client Page)
    Click OK in the following confirmation box that appears to revoke access and remove a device from the captive portal network.
    Revoking Client Access Confirmation Box
    Access to wireless network is revoked for the selected clients.