Aruba Instant On

Creating a new network

To create a new network please go to the "Network" panel.

If it's your first time configuring the Aruba InstantON device, you should only see the "Default" network.

Press "+ Add" to add another network.

Configure the network

You should see this window pop up. Configure it as follows:

Usage

Guest

Network name

Here you choose your network SSID

Security

Open

Wi-Fi Enhanced Open

Unchecked

Guest Portal

Checked

Click "Save".

After you've saved the network, please go to the "Customize guest portal" section.

In the left upper corner, click on the dropdown menu and choose "External". Then, configure as follows:

Server URLhttps://login.socialwifi.com/

Redirect URL

Leave empty

Send RADIUS Accounting

Checked

Server IP address or domain name

35.205.62.147

Shared secret

Radius Secret available in Access Points tab of the Social WiFi Panel

Click on "More RADIUS parameters" and configure as follows:

Server timeout5

Retry count

3

Authentication port

31812

Accounting port

31813

Add the Walled garden domains

Complete the walled garden list leaving the Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn toggles unchecked.

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

Google login

accounts.google.com
accounts.google.co.uk – example regional domain*
* You must also add your regional domain for β€œaccounts.google.com”, for example β€œaccounts.google.co.uk” if you are in the UK
ssl.gstatic.com
fonts.gstatic.com
fonts.google.com
accounts.youtube.com
googleapis.com
apis.google.com

Facebook login

facebook.com
fbcdn.net

Twitter login

twitter.com
twimg.com

LinkedIn login

linkedin.com
licdn.com

Adding AP into Social WiFi Panel

To add your Access Point to Panel, log in to your account, go to Access Points tab and click β€œAdd new”

Your device’s MAC address can be found in Inventory -> Identification.

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 authorisations in the Social WiFi Panel’s statistics section.

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