Cisco Meraki

Compatibility

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

Cisco MR firmware

• Tested up to MR 29.5.1

An example of a working setup consists of the Cisco Meraki MR42 with a firmware version MR 29.4.1 set up in the Meraki coud controller.

Accessing the device’s administration panel

• Log in to the administration panel with root permissions and go to Network.
• Go to Wireless → Configure SSID → Edit settings.

Configuration of Access control

Basic info

SSID (name)	Your SSID name
SSID (status)	Enabled
Hide SSID	Leave unchecked

Security

Leave default - Open (no encryption).

Splash Page

Check the “Sign-on with” option and from the dropdown menu select my RADIUS server.

In the “Advanced splash settings”:

Captive portal strength	Block all access until sign-on is complete
Walled garden	Enabled (Walled garden ranges below)
Simultaneous logins	Allow simultaneous devices per user
Controller disconnection behavior	Default

Walled garden ranges

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

RADIUS

Click on “Add server” and an Authentication server:

Host IP or FQDN	35.205.62.147
Port	31812
Secret	Radius Secret available in Access Points tab of the Social WiFi Panel

Caution

If you want to you can also add an Accounting Server but it’s not necessary for the Service to work. In order to add the Accounting server, please contact the Cisco Meraki Support, otherwise, you won’t see the RADIUS Accounting section.

Configuring RADIUS Accounting server:

Host IP or FQDN	35.205.62.147
Port	31813
Secret	Radius Secret available in Access Points tab of the Social WiFi Panel

Danger

If data-carrier detect is enabled, sessions will be revoked and accounted for whenever a client disassociates from a network. To allow clients to reassociate to the network without re-authorization, do not enable data-carrier detect.

Data-carrier detect needs to be disabled if your SSID is broadcasted by more than one AP.

Leave rest as of this section as default.

Press Save on the box in the bottom right.

Configuration of Captive Portal

Go to Wireless → Configure Splash page.

• Custom splash URL: Check “Or provide a URL where user will be redirected”: https://login.socialwifi.com/
• Splash behaviour: Where should users go after the splash page? Check “The URL they were trying to fetch”

Press Save changes to save the settings.

Adding the device to Social WiFi platform

• Go to Wireless → Monitor → Access Points.
• Copy the MAC addresses of the Access Points you would like to add to Social WiFi platform.
• 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”.

Note

You’re good to test the configuration on your Access Point.