Guest WiFi configuration
To set up your Extreme access points, log in to your Extreme CloudIQ web interface and then follow the steps in order, under each of the sections listed below.
Set up the SSID
To configure your Guest SSID, follow the below steps:
Click on Configure then click Network Policies.
Now choose Add Network Policy and input the following details:
What Type of Policy are you creating?:
Wireless: Enable.
Switching: Disable.
SR/Dell Switching: Disable.
Policy Name: WSGuestWiFi
Click on Save and then Next to continue.
Under Wireless Networks if you don’t have an existing public SSID click the Add
button.If you have an existing public network - select this and configure with the below:
Name (SSID): e.g. _Venue Name Guest WiFi.
Broadcast Name: e.g. _Venue Name Guest WiFi.
Under SSID Usage and then SSID Authentication select Open.
Enable Captive Web Portal: On.
All other settings can be left at their defaults.
Set up the captive portal
Once the Captive Portal option is enabled, additional settings will appear. Configure with the following:
User Auth on Captive Web Portal: Select.
Enable UPA: unchecked.
Choose Authentication Type: Redirect to External URL.
Now continue with the below steps:
Next to the Default Captive Web Portal setting click Add. A new menu page will appear and configure with the following settings:
Name: WirelessSocial.
Login URL:
Password Encryption: No Encryption Plaintext Password.
Authentication Method: PAP.
Success Page: OFF.
Redirect clients after a successful login attempt: Tick.
To a specified URL:
Failure Page: OFF.
Redirects clients after a failed login attempt: Tick.
To a specified URL: https://wifi.wireless-social.com/login/extreme/cloud/iq?wsradf=1
Under Advanced configuration scroll down to the following settings:
Security:
Enable HTTPS: unchecked.
Client Redirection:
Use HTTP 302: Tick.
All other settings can remain as default.
Set up the Walled Garden
Now follow the below steps to configure the walled garden:
Under the Walled Garden section click Add
symbol. Set the Service Type to All and click Add and enter all of the walled garden domains. There may also be other relevant regional accounts if your venue is outside of the UK or US that you will need to add.
🤓 Tip: You can copy and paste the whole list with commas after each domain and the system will automatically add them as individual entries once saved.
Click Add and then Save CWP, this will save your Captive Web Portal settings.
Set up the RADIUS Server
Now follow the below steps to configure the RADIUS servers:
Under Authentication Settings; next to Default RADIUS Server Group click the Add
button, a menu will open. Use the below details:RADIUS Server Group Name: WirelessSocial.
Click Add
to add a New External RADIUS Server. Configure with the following:Name: RADIUS1
Type: Standard
IP/Host Name: click Add
and choose Host Name from the drop down. Add the below settings: Name: RADIUS1.
Host Name:
UK/EU: radius1-eu.wireless-social.com
Americas: radius1-us.wireless-social.com
Click Save IP Object. You will return to the previous menu.
Server Type:
Authentication: ticked Port 1812.
Accounting: ticked Port 1813.
Shared Secret: Please contact Support.
⚠️ Important: Ensure that there are no spaces before and after the RADIUS secret.
Click Save External RADIUS. Now repeat these steps to create the second RADIUS entry.
Click Add
to add a New External RADIUS Server. Configure with the following:Name: RADIUS2.
Type: Standard.
IP/Host Name: click Add
and choose Host Name from the drop down. Add the below settings:Name: RADIUS1.
Host Name:
UK/EU: radius2-eu.wireless-social.com
Americas: radius2-us.wireless-social.com
Click Save IP Object.
Server Type:
Authentication: ticked Port 1812
Accounting: ticked Port 1813
Shared Secret: Please contact Support.
⚠️ Important: Ensure that there are no spaces before and after the RADIUS secret.
Click Save External RADIUS. You will see your new RADIUS servers listed.
Select the two RADIUS entries you have created and click Save RADIUS.
The two RADIUS servers will then be saved under the Authentication Settings.
Set up the User Profile
Follow the steps below to configure the User Profile:
Under the User Access Settings and Default User Profile click on the Select
icon.Select default-guest-profile and click Select User Profile to apply.
Now click Save at the bottom of the page.
Click Next.
Apply to your access points
You are now asked which of your access points you wish to push the new settings to - typically this will be all your access points.
Select all that apply and click Upload.