Ruckus Virtual SmartZone
Compatibility
Social WiFi has been tested and is proven to work on the following configurations:
Controller versions:
5.x
6.x
Accessing the device’s administration panel
Configuration through GUI: open any web browser and type the controller’s IP address in the address bar.
login: login to the account with root permissions
password: the password to the above account
Device configuration
Configuring Wireless LANs Group:
In the panel go to the following directory: Network->Wireless LANs->Create
In the pop-up window enter the following:
Name
Your network name
SSID
Your network name
WLAN Group
default
Authentication Type
Hotspot (WISPr)
Authentication Method
Open
Now, in the "Hotspot (WISPr) Portal" field create a new profile by clicking "+"
Portal Name
socialwifi
Logon URL
External
Redirect unauthenticated user
Primary: https://login.socialwifi.com/, Secondary: empty
Redirected MAC Format
AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF
Start Page
redirect to the following URL:https://login.socialwifi.com/redirect/
Session Timeout
1440
Grace Period
60
The, scroll down and add Walled Garden/Traffic Class Profile configuration:
You can either add the domains manually or import the CSV file which is linked below:
Note: A regional Google domain according to your geographic location has to be added to make Google login work. E.g. if you’re based in UK, add "accounts.google.co.uk".
After setting up "socialwifi" hotspot, please click "+" and add Authentication Server profile: ``
In the pop-up window enter the following:
Name
swauth
Type
RADIUS
IP Address
35.205.62.147
Port
31812
Share Secret
Radius Secret available in Access Points tab of the Social WiFi Panel
Confirm Secret
Copy above
When finished, press OK.
Then, add an "Accounting Server" by clicking "+"
In the pop-up window enter the following:
Name
swaccount
Type
RADIUS Accounting
IP Address
35.205.62.147
Port
31813
Shared Secret
Radius Secret available in Access Points tab of the Social WiFi Panel
Confirm Secret
Copy above
When finished, press OK.
After completing the configuration, your "Hotspot Portal" should look like this:
Now, save the changes and go to: Network->Access Points
Enter the Access Point configuration panel following the marks. Set up your AP Name and go to the: Band/Spectrum Configuration. Then turn the "WLAN Group" on and choose the "default" profile.
Disabling MAC address encryption
By default, MAC address encryption is enabled on Ruckus SZ devices and will cause Social WiFi to malfunction. In order to disable it, you will need to access your controller CLI via SSH, enable privileged commands, enter config mode, then execute the command “no encrypt-mac-ip”:\
Example:
Adding the device to Social WiFi platform
In order to add the device to Social WiFi platform:
In the Network → Access Points menu, click the AP that you want to add to Social WiFi platform, copy their MAC addresses from AP MAC address field and BSSID column.
Go to the Social WiFi Panel.
Choose the place to which you would like to add the device.
In the “Access Points” tab, press “Add” (upper right corner), paste the MAC address you copied into the form (adding a name is optional) and click “Create”.
You are now ready to test your new network by connecting to it through the configured Access Point.
Troubleshooting
Symptom: after connecting to the WiFi network, there's no popup with the login page and internet does not work.
Solution: it might be the case that you have a firewall that blocks traffic between the WiFi device and the controller. You might either have explicit blocking rules on the firewall, or simply have separate VLANs for the guests and the controller and the traffic between them might be blocked as well. In this case you have to unlock specific ports. For example:
8090 TCP
8099 TCP
9997 TCP
9998 TCP
More details on firewall configuration are available under this link: https://support.ruckuswireless.com/documents/1335-smartzone-firewall-ports-configuration-guide/download
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