Creating a Hotspot (WISPr) Portal

Define the basic settings that you need to configure to create a hotspot service.

1. Go to Services & Profiles > Hotspots & Portals.
2. Select the Hotspot (WISPr) tab, and then select the zone for which you want to create the portal.
3. Click Create.
   The Create Hotspot (WISPr) Portal page appears.

   Figure 91  Creating a Hotspot (WISPr) Portal

   
4. Configure the following:
   1. General Options
      • Portal Name: Type a name for the hotspot service portal that you are creating.
      • Portal Description: Type a short description of the hotspot service portal.
   2. Redirection: select where to redirect the user after successfully completing authentication.
      • Smart Client Support: select one of the following
        • None: Select this option to disable Smart Client support on the hotspot service.
        • Enable: Selection this option to enable Smart Client support.
        • Only Smart Client Allowed: Select this option to allow only Smart Clients to connect to the hotspot service.
      • Logon URL: select one of the following
        • Internal: Type the internal URL of the subscriber portal (the page where hotspot users can log in to access the service).
        • External: Type the external URL of the subscriber portal.

          Selecting External provides an option to reroute an unauthorized user to a primary location. You can set the primary location in Redirect unauthenticated user. By this, the AP redirects the UE to a backup portal.

          AP subscriber portal supports ZD-style API to login and logout. Customer can use AP IP address to submit the login or logout request.

      • Redirect unauthenticated user: Allows APs to perform WISPr redirect. That is, native WISPr support is available on SZ managed APs even if access to SZ is not available. It supports external portal redirect with survivability when APs cannot reach the centralized SZ. It also supports backup portal redirection if primary portal is down. With this feature, the WISPr authentication load can be distributed to AP or use AP as WISPr authentication backup.

        WISPr redirection and survivability is supported only on Ruckus 11AC Wave 1 and newer APs. Only ZD-style external WISPr is supported. No NBI is supported for backup.

        • Primary: Redirects unauthenticated user to a specified URL for authentication.
        • Secondary: Redirects unauthenticated user to the backup external portal if primary URL is down. The AP periodically accesses the primary portal URL to detect and check the availability of the primary URL.
          NOTE

          AP and the primary portal must be in the same VLAN for the AP to access the primary portal.
      • Redirect MAC Format: Type the MAC address to which redirection must be done.
      • Start Page: select one of the following
        • Redirect to the URL that the user intends to visit: You could redirect users to the page that they want to visit.
        • Redirect to the following URL: You could set a different page where users will be redirected (for example, your company website).
      • HTTPS Redirect: Enable this option if you want the AP to redirect HTTPS requests to the Hotspot portal.
   3. User Session
      • Session Timeout: Set a time limit (in minutes) after which users will be disconnected from the hotspot service and will be required to log on again.
      • Grace Period: Set the time period (in minutes) during which disconnected users are allowed access to the hotspot service without having to log on again.
   4. Location Information
      • Location ID: Type the ISO and ITU country and area code that the AP includes in accounting and authentication requests. The required code includes:
        • isocc (ISO-country-code): The ISO country code that the AP includes in RADIUS authentication and accounting requests.
        • cc (country-code): The ITU country code that the AP includes in RADIUS authentication and accounting requests.
        • ac (area-code): The ITU area code that the AP includes in RADIUS authentication and accounting requests.
        • network: The following is an example of what the Location ID entry should look like: isocc=us,cc=1,ac=408,network=RuckusWireless
      • Location Name: Type the name of the location of the hotspot service.
   5. Walled garden: A walled garden is a limited environment to which an unauthenticated user is given access for the purpose of setting up an account.

      Click Add to add a user to walled garden, to provide access.

      Click Import CSV to import the CSV file with user information.

5. Click OK.