Configuring Ruckus Zone Director

Purpose of this document

• This document should be used in conjunction with Zone Director user guide for configuring your Nomadix gateway in WiFiLAN. Please refer to WiFiLAN administrator Guide and Zone Director User Guide for detail documentation.
• It assumes that the user has basic knowledge of networking including configuring subnet mask, RADIUS setting, default gateway and DNS configuration.
• In order to configure Zone Director you will need a static IP address, Subnet mask, default gateway and DNS information given to you by your Internet Service Provider. Please keep this information handy while setting up your gateway.
• Configuring WiFiLan you will need the WAN MAC address, RADIUS secret, serial number (if any) and public IP address of your Zone Director gateway.
• You need an active WiFiLan account. Please contact Wifi-soft sales to create your WiFiLan account.

WiFiLan Setup

Add Hotspot:

1. Open a web browser and type http://w1.wifi-soft.net/wifilan/ and press Enter. Welcome screen of WiFiLan appears.
   
2. Click the Hotspot link under Authentication section.
3. Click the Add New Hotspot tab. The New Hotspot page appears.

Fields and Buttons	Description
Hotspot Plan	Select the plan for the hotspot based on number of concurrent users.
Hotspot Name	Enter the name of the hotspot in the Hotspot Name field.
Address	Enter the address of the location in the Address field.
City	Enter the name of the city of the location in the City field.
State	Select the name of the state from the State drop down list.
Zip Code	Enter the zip code of the location in the Zip Code field.
Latitude	Enter the Latitude of the location in the Latitude field.
Longitude	Enter the Longitude of the location in the Longitude field.
Type	Select the type of location from the Type drop down menu.
Is Paid	Click Is Paid check box if the location is charged.
Auto MAC Register	Select Auto MAC Register check box to enable the auto login feature in WiFiLan.
Submit	Click Submit button to save the changes.

Then, enter the details of the gateway

Fields & Buttons	Description
Device Type	Select Zone Director from the Device Type drop down menu.
Public IP Address	Enter Public IP Address of the gateway in the IP Address field. If your broadband connection is having a dynamic IP, please enter the current IP address. WiFiLAN will work even when the IP address changes. In this case, WiFiLAN uses the MAC address or NAS ID of the router to validate the packet. If you don't know the public IP, connect to your modem and type http://www.whatismyip.org. It will display your current public IP address.
Secret	Enter the RADIUS secret configured in the gateway in the Secret field.
NAS ID	Enter an Unique NAS Identifier for the device in the NAS ID field.
MAC Address	Enter the MAC address of the WAN port in the MAC Address field.
Description	Enter a short description for the device

Once the hotspot is added, WiFiLAN will be ready to start accepting AAA requests from the gateway/controller. When the hotspot is added, WiFiLAN will automatically add a user group for that hotspot. The space in the hotspot name is replaced with underscore for the user group name.

Now you will need to design a captive portal for your hotspot and generate a URL that can be configured in the gateway/controller's settings.

Please refer to the captive portal design guide for steps to design your custom captive portal.

Zone Director Setup

To configure Zone Director

1. Open a web browser and type web address https://zd-ipaddress/admin/dashboard.jsp, and click Enter. Ruckus Zone Director Login page appears.

  2. Enter Admin Name and Password in the given fields, and click Login. Ruckus Zone Director welcome screen appears.

  3. Click on Configure tab.  System page will appear.

  4. Click AAA Servers link (in the left pane). Authentication/Accounting Servers page will appear.

  5. Click Create New link. Click the RADIUS radio button.

To add RADIUS server settings

Fields & Buttons	Description
Name	Enter the name of the RADIUS server in the Name field.
Type	Select the RADIUS radio button for the Type options.
Backup RADIUS	Select the Backup RADIUS check box if Wifisoft has given you IP of the backup server
IP Address	Enter the IP address in the IP Address field. The primary RADIUS server IP address is 166.78.136.12.
Port	Enter the port number 1812 in the Port field.
Shared Secret	Enter the shared secret in the Shared Secret field. The shared secret should match the shared secret configured in WiFiLAN.
Confirm Secret	Re-enter the shared secret in the Confirm Secret field.
OK	Click OK to save the configuration.

To add RADIUS Accounting settings

1. Click Create New link. Click RADIUS Accounting radio button.

Fields & Buttons	Description
Name	Enter the name of the RADIUS server in the Name field.
Type	Select the RADIUS radio button for the Type options.
Backup RADIUS	Select the Backup RADIUS check box if Wifisoft has given you IP of the backup server
IP Address	Enter the IP address in the IP Address field. The primary RADIUS server IP address is 166.78.136.12.
Port	Enter the port number 1813 in the Port field.
Shared Secret	Enter the shared secret in the Shared Secret field. The shared secret should match the shared secret configured in WiFiLAN.
Confirm Secret	Re-enter the shared secret in the Confirm Secret field.
OK	Click OK to save the configuration.

To add new hotspot

1. Click the Hotspot Services link (in the left pane). Hotspot Services page appears. Click Create New link in the table.

Fields & Buttons	Description
Name	Enter name for the hotspot in the Name field.
Redirection
WISPr Smart Client Support	Select the radio button for WISPr Smart Client Support.
Login Page	Enter the login page URL in the Login page field. You will need to generate the URL for the login page from WiFiLAN Dashboard. Please review our portal page section on building your login page.
Start Page	Select the radio button for Start Page to redirect to URL page. User will be redirected to this URL page only after successful login. Please enter the following URL: http://wp1.wifi-soft.com/portal/default/loginIframeSuccess.php
User Session
Session Timeout	Select the check box for the Session Timeout, and enter the minutes.
Grace Period	Select the check box for the Grace Timeout, and enter the minutes.
Authentication/ Accounting Servers
Authentication Server	Select the RADIUS Server from the Authentication Server drop down menu.
Accounting Server	Select the RADIUS Server from the Accounting Server drop down menu.
Wireless Client Isolation	Select the Wireless Client Isolation check box to Isolate wireless client traffic from other clients on the same AP.
Walled Garden	Click the + sign besides Walled Garden. Click the Create New link. Enter the Wall Garden link in the Destination Address. Click Save. You need to add the Wall garden link for the external login page to load correctly. Enter the Wall Garden link as: ·         w1.wifi-soft.com ·         wp1.wifi-soft.com           www.yourcompany.com

WLan Configuration of hotspot

1. Click on WLans link in the left pane. The WLans page will appear.

  2. Click Create New link in the table.

Fields & Buttons	Description
General Options
Name/ESSID	Enter the name and ESSID of the hotspot in the Name and ESSID field.
Description	Enter a short description of the hotspot in the Description field.
WLAN Usages
Type	Select Hotspot Service (WISPr) radio button for Type menu.
Authentication Options
Method	Under Authentication Options select Open radio button for Authentication Method.
Encryption Options
Method	Under Encryption Options select None radio button for Encryption Method.
Options
Hotspot Services	Select the hotspot service from the Hotspot Services drop down menu.
Priority	Select the priority radio button whether High or Low.
OK	Click OK to save the changes.

 Few settings dont have GUI to configure and Ruckus recommends using CLI (command line) to configure them.

For this, you will need to SSH into Zone Director and do the following configuration. To SSH, you can use Putty software.

ssh zd-ip-address (ip address of zone director)

Once you have logged into the zone director , enter the following commands below:

enable
config
wlan "Your-SSID" (name of ssid of your WLAN)
called-station-id-type mac-addr
nasid-type NASID (enter the NASID from WiFiLAN under Hotspot section)
end