Aruba Instant Configuration Guide

The following instructions outline how to setup a Aruba Instant network for the Marketing4WiFi Platform. This guide covers details such as configuring RADIUS, walled garden entries, and captive portals. This guide assumes that your Aruba Instant is already operational and on a live network with adopted Access Points. Please make sure any firewall rules, web content filters, and other security measures have been configured to interface with the platform.

1. Log in to your Aruba Central account at https://portal.central.arubanetworks.com
2. Under Wireless Configuration choose Networks
3. Click on Create New and configure with the following
   • Type: Wireless
   • SSID: Smart WiFi (or whatever you wish)
   • Primary Usage: Guest
4. Click Next and configure with the following
   • Client IP Assignment: Virtual Controller Assigned
5. Click Next and configure with the following
   • Splash Page Type: External
   • Captive Portal Profile: Click new and configure with
     • Name: Smart WiFi
     • Type: Radius Authentication
     • IP or Hostname: You will receive this
     • URL: /hotspotlogin.php
     • Port:80
     • Use HTTPS: No
     • Captive Portal Failure: Deny Internet
     • Automatic URL Whitelisting: Unchecked
     • Redirect URL: You will receive this
     • Click Save
6. WISPr: Disabled
7. Encryption: Disabled
8. MAC Authentication: Disabled
9. Authentication Server 1: Choose New and configure with:
   • Name: SmartWiFi1
   • You will receive this
   • Shared Key: You will receive this
   • Retype Key: Same as above
   • All other values left at default
   • Click Save
10. Authentication Server 2: Choose New and configure with:
    • Name: SmartWiFi2
    • You will receive this
    • Shared Key: You will receive this
    • Retype Key: Same as above
    • All other values left at default
    • Click Save
11. Load Balancing: Disabled
12. Reauth Interval: 24 hours
13. Accounting: Enabled
14. Accounting Mode: Authentication
15. Accounting Interval: 3 min
16. Blacklisting: Disabled
17. Walled Garden: Click on 0 blacklist, 0 whitelist and configure with:
    • Add each of the wildcard default walled garden entries to the whitelist.
    • Press Ok to add each entry. The walled garden must be added one at a time.
    • Click on Next
18. Access Rules: Role Based
    • Under Role click on New and enter SmartWiFi as the name. Click OK to add.
      You will need to add a new rule one by one for each of the wildcard default walled garden entries.
      Example: Access Control / Network/ Any/ Allow/ To a Domain Name: *.4wifi.net
    • Press Ok save to each entry until all are listed.
    • Create one more rule with the settings Access Control / Network / Any / Deny / To All Destinations.
19. Under Role on the left, choose default_wired_port_profile, check the “Assign Pre-authentication role” box and select Smart WiFi.
20. Click Save.

To configure via Aruba virtual controller

1. Log in to your master IAP
2. Under Network, Click New
3. Configure with:
   • SSID: Smart WiFi (or whatever you wish)
   • Primary Usage: Guest
4. Click Next and configure with:
   • Client IP Assignment: Virtual Controller managed
   • Client VLAN assignment: Default(unless you have a VLAN configured)
5. Click Next and configure with:
   • Name: Smart WiFi
   • Type: Radius Authentication
   • IP or hostname: You will receive this
   • URL: /hotspotlogin.php
   • Port: 80
   • Use https: disabled
   • Captive portal failure: Deny internet
   • Automatic URL whitelisting: Disabled
   • Redirect URL: You will receive this
   • Click OK to save
6. Auth server 1: Click the dropdown, select new and configure with:
   • Type: RADIUS
   • Name: Smart WiFi1
   • IP Address:
   • You will receive this
   • Auth Port: 1812
   • Acct Port: 1813
   • Shared Key: You will receive this
   • Retype Key: Same as above
   • Click OK to save
7. Auth server 2: Click the dropdown, select new and configure with:
   • Type: RADIUS
   • Name: Smart WiFi2
   • IP Address:
   • You will receive this
   • Auth Port: 1812
   • Acct Port: 1813
   • Shared Key: You will receive this
   • Retype Key: Same as above
   • Click OK to save
8. Reauth Interval: 24 hours
9. Accounting: Enabled
10. Accounting Mode: Authentication
11. Accounting Interval: 3 min
12. Blacklisting: Disabled
13. Walled Garden: Click on 0 blacklist, 0 whitelist and configure with:
    • Add each of the wildcard default walled garden entries to the whitelist.
    • Press Ok to add each entry. The walled garden must be added one at a time.
    • Click on Next
14. Access Rules: Role Based
    • Under Role click on New and enter SmartWiFi as the name. Click OK to add.
      You will need to add a new rule one by one for each of the wildcard default walled garden entries.
      Example: Access Control / Network/ Any/ Allow/ To a Domain Name: *.4wifi.net
    • Press Ok save to each entry until all are listed.
    • Create one more rule with the settings Access Control / Network / Any / Deny / To All Destinations.
15. Under Role on the left, choose default_wired_port_profile, check the “Assign Pre-authentication role” box and select Smart WiFi.
16. Click Finish to complete the set up.