The following instructions outline how to setup a Peplink/Pepwave captive portal to the Smart WiFi platform. This guide assumes your Peplink/Pepwave device is already operational on a live network. Please make sure any firewall rules, web content filters, and other security measures have been configured to interface with the platform.
- Login to your InControl 2 Portal and select your Organization
- Select your desired Group
- Click Network Settings at the top and then Captive Portals
- Click the button to Add an External Captive Portal
- Enable: Checked
- Name: SmartWiFi
- Access Mode: User Authentication
- Authentication: RADIUS Server
- Authentication Port: 1812
- Authentication Secret:
- Accounting Server:
- Accounting Port: 1813
- Accounting Secret:
- Profile MAC Address: LAN MAC Address
- NAS-Identifier:
- Daily Quota: 0 minutes 0 MB
- Allowed Networks: Use the blue + Icon to add the domain of every default walled garden entry.
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- Press Save
- Click Network Settings at the top and then VLAN Networks
- Click your desired VLAN
- Captive Portal: Smart WiFi
- Press Save
- This completes the InControl 2 configuration
- Login to your Pepwave MAX admin web interface
- Click AP at the top and then New SSID. Configure with-
- SSID Settings
- SSID: Guest WiFi(or whatever you wish)
- VLAN: Select your desired VLAN
- Broadcast SSID: Enabled
- Security Settings
- Security Policy: Open (No Encryption)
- Click Save
- SSID Settings
- Click Advance at the top and then RADIUS Servers to the left.
- Click New Profile under the Authentication Server section. Configure with-
- Name: SmartWiFi_Auth1
- Host:
- Port: 1812
- Secret:
- Click New Profile under the Authentication Server section again. Configure with-
- Name: SmartWiFi_Auth2
- Host:
- Port: 1812
- Secret:
- Click New Profile under the Accounting Server section. Configure with-
- Name: SmartWiFi_Acct1
- Host:
- Port: 1813
- Secret:
- Click New Profile under the Accounting Server section again. Configure with-
- Name: SmartWiFi_Acct2
- Host:
- Port: 1813
- Secret:
- Click New Profile under the Authentication Server section. Configure with-
- Click network at the top and then Captive Portal to the left. Configure with-
- Enable: Select the VLAN you configured in step 2 for the SSID Settings
- Access Mode: User Authentication
- Authentication: RADIUS Server
- Primary Server Authentication Profile: SmartWiFi_Auth1
- Primary Server Accounting Profile: SmartWiFi_Acct1
- Secondary Server Authentication Profile: SmartWiFi_Auth2
- Secondary Server Accounting Profile: SmartWiFi_Acct2
- Accounting Interim Interval: 300
- NAS-Identifier:
- Access Quota: 0minutes 0mb
- Inactive Timeout: 0 minutes
- Allowed Networks: Use the blue + Icon to add the domain of every default walled garden entry.
Please be sure to include any additional entries provided by support in your order. - Splash Page:
- Click Save
- Use the Apply Changes at the top right to deploy the changes
To support the platform’s Session Profile values for Download/Upload speed you must enable QoS Bandwidth Control for Individual Bandwidth Limit. To accomplish this follow these steps.
- Login to your Pepwave MAX admin web interface
- Click Advanced at the top and then Bandwidth Control to the left
- Click the checkmark to Enable Individual Bandwidth Limit
- Click Save
- Use the Apply Changes at the top right to deploy the changes
Not all hardware can support every feature in the Smart WiFi platform. The following section describes features specific to a certain hardware, if these features are supported by this hardware and clarifies the available functionality. If you have questions about these features in the platform please reach out to support.
- This integration does not support the platform’s Session Profile values for Download/Upload speed. This means bandwidth throttling is not set by the platform when a guest connects to a hotspot using any login method, including Guest Plans and Ad-Based.
- This integration does not support Presence/Proximity data. This means Presence Campaigns cannot be configured for a hotspot utilizing this hardware. Standard Smart Campaign rules are still supported.
- This integration does not support the SecurePass™ module. This means a hotspot utilizing this hardware cannot offer dynamically generated wifi passwords to guests who purchase a Guest Plan.
Disclaimer on hardware configuration guides in the KB:
This equipment has been integrated and tested in our labs with the Marketing4WiFi platform using the firmware versions below.
- MAX Firmware 8.2.0. build 5167
LIMITED HARDWARE SUPPORT: Hardware manufacturers frequently make changes to firmware, controllers and GUI’s. The information below may be out of date or images may be different and is to be used as a general reference guide. We do offer additional limited support to help with trouble-shooting and we highly recommend that you have a hardware support agreement and/or access to a hardware support engineering representative from the manufacturer.