I did before creating this reply, that thread you mention was the first thing google showed me about the subject, but it was of no help for me.The manual and the thread basically say that: “The clients are divided into two types: User and Guest. Users are the clients connected to the EAP wireless network without the Portal Authentication. Guests are the clients connected to the EAP wireless network with the Portal Authentication.”So, why in God’s name the people connecting through the portal show up as “user” in the EAP controller? They should show up as “guests”.BTW, if I enable “no authentication” on portal and “authentication timeout 1 hour. on the same portal, do people will be logged out after 1 hour?Thanks.

Pancake wrote

why in God’s name the people connecting through the portal show up as “user” in the EAP controller? They should show up as “guests”.BTW, if I enable “no authentication” on portal and “authentication timeout 1 hour. on the same portal, do people will be logged out after 1 hour?Thanks.

Hi,

1. After clients connected to a portal SSID, they will show in "user" list first (clients don't pass the portal authentication and cannot access network in the moment), then if clients pass the portal authentication, they will show in "guest" list and access the network.
2. If you are using Omada Controller 2.5.4 or below, when the "no authentication" is timeout, yo can try to pass the authentication again to access the network. But for Omada Controller 2.6.0 or above, it add "Daily limit" function for "no authentication" portal. If you have enabled this function, after authentication timeout, the user cannot get authenticated again in one day. To use this function, EAP should upgrade to corresponding firmware.

Fair enough, guys. Thanks a lot.