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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.
AC models: DCWS-6028-C, DCWS-6028-R2
AC version: V705R501C008
This guide is created on a setup consisting of:
Access Controller model DCWS-6028-C
Access point model WL8200-X2(R2)
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
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
Facebook remarketing pixel
Google remarketing tag
YouTube widget on login pages
Facebook login
X (Twitter) login
LinkedIn login
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.
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.
In the AC Web interface, go to Monitor (1) -> AP List (2). Copy the AP MAC value.
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.
Radius Secret available in Access Points tab of the .
Next, switch to , 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.
