Introduction
This guide describes the configuration steps to enable the external captive portal on the standalone Edge-Core platform.
This guide was created using the following components:
- AP Model: ECW5211-L
- Firmware Version: 10.1.1-2986
Hotspot Settings
On the side menu, select Network → Hotspot Settings
Network Settings
In Network Settings configure the fields with the following parameters:
- Enable Hotspot Service: ON
- Mode: External Captive Portal Service
- Network Mask: 255.255.255.0
- DHCP Start: 10
- DHCP End: 254
- DHCP Lease Time: 3600
- DNS 1: 8.8.8.8
- DNS 2: 1.1.1.1
- DNS Domain Name: Leave blank
- DHCP Gateway: Leave blank
- DHCP Gateway Port: 67
- Smart Isolation: Internet access only
RADIUS Settings
In Radius Settings configure the fields using the parameters below:
- Enable RADIUS Auth: ON
- RADIUS Server 1: the IP address of the Primary RADIUS server according to your environment/region.
- RADIUS Server 2: the IP address of the Secondary RADIUS server according to your environment/region.
- RADIUS Shared Secret: The secret provided by CoffeeBean.
- RADIUS Auth Port: 1812
- RADIUS Acct Port: 1813
- Enable RadSec: OFF
- RADIUS Auth Method: PAP
- Local ID: Leave blank
- Local Name: Leave blank
- NAS ID: Leave blank
Captive Portal Settings
In Captive Portal Settings configure the fields using the parameters below:
- Captive Portal URL: Login URL
- Captive Portal Secret:
- Session Timeout: 0
- Idle Timeout: 5
- Landing URL: Leave blank
- Swap Octets: OFF
- Walled Garden: Add the domains according to the Walled Garden for Social Login.
- Auth White List: Leave blank
After the configurations are made, at the bottom of the page, click on Save.
Wireless
Again, on the side menu, click on Wireless, and then select the antenna you wish to configure. In this manual, we will configure the 2.4 GHz antenna, but the configuration is the same for the 5 GHz antenna.
Radio #0: 2.4 GHz
Physical Radio Settings
In Physical Radio Settings configure the fields using the parameters below:
- Status: ON
- Mode: Access Point (Auto-WDS)
- 802.11 Mode: 802.11b+g+n
- Channel Bandwidth: 40MHz
- Idle Timeout (sec): 300
- Beacon Interval: 100
- 20/40MHz Coexist: ON
- Bandsteering: OFF
- Auto Disable Broadcast: OFF
- Multicast-to-Unicast Conversion: OFF
- Minimum signal allowed: 0
- Antenna Mode: Hotspot
Wireless Networks
General Settings
In General Settings configure the fields using the parameters below:
- Status: ON
- SSID: Your network name (e.g.: CoffeeBean Guest)
- Broadcast: ON
- Client Isolation: OFF
- WMM: OFF
- Block Multicast Forwarding: OFF
- Max Clients: 127
- Multicast/Broadcast Rate: 5.5M
Security Settings
In Security Settings configure the fields using the parameters below:
- OSEN: OFF
- Method: No Security
- Radius MAC Auth: OFF
- Access Control List: OFF
Network Settings
In Network Settings configure the fields using the parameters below:
- Network Behavior: Hotspot Controlled
- Limit Upload: OFF
- Limit Download: OFF
- Authentication: ON
- Hotspot 2.0: OFF
Parameters
The summary of specific client parameters is as follows:
Basic Settings
- Captive Portal URL: the URL of the captive portal login.
- Walled Garden: get the list of domains you want to allow for non-authenticated users from our documentation.
- RADIUS:
- RADIUS Server 1: the IP address of the Primary RADIUS server according to your environment/region.
- RADIUS Server 2: the IP address of the Secondary RADIUS server according to your environment/region.
- RADIUS Shared Secret: The secret provided by CoffeeBean.
- RADIUS Auth Port: 1812
- RADIUS Acct Port: 1813