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Kiwire 3.0 Administrator - Device & Controller Setup Guide

Ruckus Virtual SmartZone configuration for Kiwire hotspot

1. Enable the WISPr Northbound Interface.

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  • Go to administrator > External services > Wispr Northbound interface

  • Enable the northbound portal interface

  • Set a username and password for the northbound interface

  • Click OK to save

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2. Create the hotspot zone.

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  • Go to network  >  Wireless  >  Access points.

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  • Select domain for the hotspot

  • Click Add New Icon to create the zone

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  • Choose the type ‘zone’.

  • Give a name to the zone.

  • Insert the controller/northbound interface username and password.

  • Click OK to save.

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3. Create hotspot portal.
 

  • Go to Services > Hotspot & Portal > Hotspot (Wispr)

  • Select the hotspot zone created before.

  • Click create icon.

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5. Create portal name

  • Provide a Portal name

  • Smart client support → None

  • Login URL → External

  • Redirect unauthorized → Kiwire Hostname or ip with sub url of

    /login/ruckus_vsz
    ex : https://129.205.194.224/login/ruckus_vsz

  • Redirect mac format → select the format of capital letters with “-“

  • Https redirect → On

  • Under walled Garden, Add new entry

  • Add the wallgarden list from network wallgarden guide to enable

    social login

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4. Create authentication server.
 

  • Go to Security > Authentication > Non proxy(AP Authenticator)

  • Select hotspot zone

  • Click on create icon

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  • ​Name → Kiwire-authentication

  • Type → Radius

  • IP Address → Kiwire ip address

  • Port → 1812

  • Secret key → assign anything shared secret key

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5. Create accounting server
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  • Go to Security > Accounting > NonProxy

  • Select the hotspot zone name created.

  • Click create.

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  • Name → Kiwire-accounting

  • Type→Radius

  • IP Address → Kiwire ip address

  • Port→1813

  • Shared Secret: use the same shared key create at authentication

  • process.

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6. Create SSIDs.
 

  • Go to Network > Wireless > Wireless LANs

  • Select the hotspot zone.

  • Click Create.

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  • Name → your SSID name

  • SSID → your SSID

  • Authentication type → Hotspot ( WISPr)

  • Method→Open

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  • Encryption option → None

  • Hotspot(WISPr) → Select Hotspot portal created

  • Bypass CNA → Off

  • Authentication service  → Off , select Kiwire-authentication

  • Accounting Service → Off, select Kiwire-accounting

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  • NasID → APMac

  • Delimiter → Dash

  • Called Station ID → AP Mac

  • Single Session ID accounting → On

7. Disable encrypt-mac-ip and encrypt-zone-name from the CLI
 

  • Login to Putty Ruckus Controller terminal

  • Enable EN

  • Config

  • No encrypt-mac-ip

  • No encrypt-zone-name.

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Kiwire Configuration for Ruckus Virtual SmartZone

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  • Navigate to Devices > Add Device

  • Device Type → Controller

  • Vendor → Ruckus VSZ

  • Identity → controller mac address (delimiter colon and small letter format eg : 0c:51:aa:52:e4)

  • Ip Address → Ruckus controller ip address or host

  • Address → optional

  • Username → controller username set at northbound interface

  • Password → controller password set at northbound interface

  • Shared Secret Key → Secret key phrase set at ruckus controller setup
    (Accounting / Authentication)

  • COA Port → 3799)

  • Description → optional

  • Monitoring Method → optional

  • Community → optional

  • Snmp version → optional

  • Create→ to save

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