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Prerequisites

This guide will only show you how to turn on Social WiFi on a specified Wireless network. We assume, that you already have your Access Points managed by the AC.

Supported devices

AC models: DCWS-6028-C, DCWS-6028-R2
AC version: V705R501C008

Setup description

This guide is created on a setup consisting of:

Access Controller model DCWS-6028-C
Access point model WL8200-X2(R2)

AC Configuration

After accessing the Web interface of your AC, go to Authentication (1) -> Authentication Server (2) menu. Then, click on ”+” (3) to add the server.

You should see a window pop up. Configure as follows:

Name	Social WiFi
IP Address	35.205.62.147
Authentication Port	31812
Accounting Port	31813
Shared Key	Radius Secret available in Access Points tab of the Social WiFi Panel.

Click Save.

Next, go to the External Portal Server (1). Click “On” in the HTTP Authentication field and save (2). Now click on ”+” (3) to add the portal server.

You should see a window pop up. Configure as follows:

Name	SocialWiFi
Authentication	Http

Click Save.

Go to the Global Configuration (1) -> Url Filter (2). Click ”+” (3).

You should see a window pop up. Add all of the domains below one at the time and set the Domain name ID respectively starting from 1.

Click Save.

Mandatory

login.socialwifi.com
sw-login.com

Facebook remarketing pixel

connect.facebook.net
www.facebook.com

Google remarketing tag

www.googletagmanager.com
www.googleadservices.com
googleads.g.doubleclick.net

YouTube widget on login pages

*.youtube.com
*.ytimg.com
*.googlevideo.com
yt3.ggpht.com

Facebook login

facebook.com
*.facebook.com
*.fbcdn.net

X (Twitter) login

twitter.com
api.twitter.com
x.com
api.x.com
*.twimg.com

LinkedIn login

linkedin.com
*.linkedin.com
*.licdn.com

Next, switch to the Free Resource (1) section. Click on ”+” (2).

In the pop up window, configure as follows:

Free Resource Index	2
Destination IP / Mask Length	Your AC IP address
Source IP / Mask Length	0.0.0.0/0

Click Save.

Switch to the Portal Auth Template (1) and click on ”+” (2).

Configure in the pop up window as follows:


Template Name	SocialWiFi
Authentication Method	Portal+Radius
Portal Server	SocialWiFi(http)
Radius Server	Social WiFi(35.205.62.147)
Portal Url	http://login.socialwifi.com/
AC Name	ac
AUTH AC URL	http://AC IP Address:8080/auth.html
Binding SSID	Here, you can pick the guest SSID if you have one already created. If you don’t have the SSID created yet, leave this as empty and proceed with the guide.

Scroll down.

In the Free Resource section, please select the entry configured below, as well as the entry that was added by default.

In the Url Filter tab, select all of the domains added in the previous step.

Click Save.

Create an SSID

After Social WiFi configuration, if you don’t yet have a Guest SSID please follow this guide to create one with Social WiFi policy attached to it.

Go to Wireless (1) -> SSID Management (2) and click on ”+”.

Configure as follows:

SSID	your SSID name
Hidden SSID	Off
VLAN	1 *
Authentication Method	No Authentication
Portal Authentication	On
Portal Authentication Template	SocialWiFi

In the Select AP Group section, make sure to select the AP Group that includes the Access Points you want to broadcast the SSID.

Click Save.

Adding the Access Points in the Panel

In the AC Web interface, go to Monitor (1) -> AP List (2). Copy the AP MAC value.

Next, switch to Social WiFi Panel, go to Access Points tab, click the Add button and paste the MAC address you’ve copied. Do so for each MAC address. Click Create.

Test the solution

Connect with the WiFi network. You should see a login page. Go through the login process and, once finished, you should have internet access. You should see first connections and authorizations in the Social WiFi Panel’s statistics section.