Cisco Catalyst

Compatibility

The below instruction pertains to Cisco Catalyst 9800-CL Wireless Controller

Social WiFi has been tested and is proven to work on the following configurations:

Cisco Catalyst 9800-CL set up on KVM

• versions up to 17.3.4c

Cisco AIR-CAP3702I-E-K9

• versions compatibile with the Controller (installs as the AP provisions)

Accessing the device’s administration panel

• Log in to the administration panel with root permissions and go to Network.

Configure the controller

Go to Configuration -> Security -> Web Auth.

Click in to the global profile and make sure that the “Virtual IPv4 Address” is set as 192.0.2.1.

Press Apply.

Now, Add a new profile by clicking the Add button.

Parameter-map name	sw_webauth
Maximum HTTP connections	200
Init-State Timeout	3600
Type	webauth

Press Apply to Device.

After you’ve created the profile, click on it and configure as follows:

On the General tab:

Banner Type	None
Captive Bypass Portal	Leave unchecked
Disable Success Window	Enabled
Disable Logout Window	Enabled
Sleeping Client Status	Enabled
Sleeping Client Timeout	720

On the Advanced tab:

Redirect for log-in	https://login.socialwifi.com/
Redirect On-Success	https://login.socialwifi.com/redirect/
Redirect On-Failure	https://login.socialwifi.com/
Redirect Append for AP MAC Address	ap_mac
Redirect Append for Client MAC Address	client_mac
Redirect Append for WLAN SSID	wlan_ssid
Portal IPV4 Address	35.190.70.141

Click Update & Apply.

Go to Configuration -> Security -> AAA.

In the Servers / Groups and next Servers tab click +Add.

Name*	sw_radius
Server Address*	35.205.62.147
PAC Key	Leave unchecked
Key Type	Clear Text
Key	*Radius Secret available in Access Points tab of the Social WiFi Panel*
Confirm Key	as above
Auth Port	31812
Acct Port	31813
Server Timeout	10
Retry Count	3
Support for CoA	Enabled

Press Apply to Device.

Go the Server Groups tab and press +Add.

Name	guest_radius
Group Type	RADIUS
MAC-Delimiter	hyphen
MAC-Filtering	none
Dead-Time (mins)	Leave default (5)
Assigned Servers	sw_radius
Source Interface VLAN ID	none

Press Apply to Device.

Next, go to the AAA Method List tab. Make sure that1 Authentication is selected and press +Add. On the General tab:

Method List Name	guest_auth
Type	login
Group Type	group
Assigned Server Groups	guest_radius

Press Apply to Device.

Switch to the Accounting tab on the left and click +Add.

Method List Name	guest_acct
Type	identity
Assigned Server Groups	guest_radius

Press Apply to Device.

Now, go to the AAA Advanced tab. Make sure you’re in “Global Config” and press Show Advanced Settings >>>. You should see “Radius Attributes” drop down. Configure as follows:

Accounting

Call Station ID	ap-macaddress-ssid
Call Station ID Case	upper
MAC-Delimiter	hyphen
Username Case	lower
Username Delimiter	none

Authentication

Call Station ID	ap-macaddress-ssid
Call Station ID Case	upper
MAC-Delimiter	hyphen

Press Apply to Device.

Now, go to the Configuration -> Security -> URL Filters. Click +Add.

List Name	guest_url_filter
Type	PRE_AUTH
Action	PERMIT

URLs

*.fbcdn.net
*.licdn.com
*.twimg.com
*.ytimg.com
twitter.com
x.com
facebook.com
linkedin.com
sw-login.com
*.youtube.com
yt3.ggpht.com
*.facebook.com
*.linkedin.com
api.twitter.com
api.x.com
*.googlevideo.com
connect.facebook.net
login.socialwifi.com
www.googleadservices.com
www.googletagmanager.com
googleads.g.doubleclick.net

Press Apply to Device.

Go to the Configuration -> Tags & Policies -> WLANs. Click +Add or edit an existing WLAN.

On the General tab:

Profile Name	*your profile name*
SSID	*your SSID name*
Status	Enabled
Radio Policy	All
Broadcast SSID	Enabled

Go to the Security - Layer2 tab and set the Layer 2 Security Mode as “None” and MAC Filtering as Disabled. Leave rest as default.

In the Security - Layer 3 tab, click Show Advanced Settings >>> and configure as follows:

Web Policy	Enabled
Web Auth Parameter Map	sw_webauth
Authentication List	guest_auth
On Mac Filter Failure	Disabled
Splash Web Redirect	Disabled

Press Apply to Device or Update & Apply to Device.

Now, go to Configuration -> Tags & Profiles -> Policy and press +Add. Leave all settings at default apart from the following:

On the General tab:

Name*	guest_policy
Status	Enabled

On the Access Policies tab:

URL Filters - “guest_url_filter”

On the Advanced tab:

Session Timeout	43200
Idle Timeout	3600
Allow AAA Override	Enabled
Accounting List	guest_acct

Click Apply to Device to save.

Next, go to Configuration > Tags & Profiles > Tags. Click +Add.

Name	admi
WLAN Profile	*your WiFi name*
Policy Profile	guest_policy

Click Apply to Device to save.

Go to Administration > Management > HTTP/HTTPS/Netconf and make sure that HTTP and HTTPS Access are Enabled.

Now you need to disable secure webauth. You can do it from the controllers CLI. Please run these commands:

enable
configure terminal
parameter-map type webauth global
webauth-http-enable
secure-webauth-disable

Adding the device to Social WiFi platform

• Go to Configuration -> Wireless → Access Points.
• Copy the MAC addresses of the Access Points you would like to add to Social WiFi platform. You will have to change the format (from “xxxx.xxxx.xxxx” to “xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx”)
• 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”.