The following instructions outline how to setup a Cisco Meraki for the Smart WIFi Platform. Additional Cisco options may need to be enabled before you’re able to configure completely.
- In Cisco Meraki Dashboard, navigate to Wireless > Configure > Access Control.
- Select the SSID to be configured to the Smart WiFi Platform.
- Association Requirements: ‘Open (No encryption)’
- Splash Page: ‘Sign-on with ‘my RADIUS server’
- RADIUS for splash page:
Host 1: Select one
Port: 1812
Secret: Available in the Edit Hotspot page in the Marketing4WiFi dashboard, called RADIUS Secret in the dashboard.
Host 2: Select one
Port: 1812
Secret: Available in the Edit Hotspot page in the Marketing4WiFi dashboard, called RADIUS Secret in the dashboard. - RADIUS Accounting: ‘RADIUS accounting is enabled’
- RADIUS accounting servers:
Host 1: Select one
Port: 1813
Secret: Available in the Edit Hotspot page in the Marketing4WiFi dashboard, called RADIUS Secret in the dashboard.
Host 2: Select one
Port: 1813
Secret: Available in the Edit Hotspot page in the Marketing4WiFi dashboard, called RADIUS Secret in the dashboard.
- Enable Data Carrier Detected: DCD is Disabled
- Captive Portal Strength: Block all access until sign-on is complete.
- Walled Garden Ranges:
- Please add all the Default walled garden entries.
- Go to Wireless>Splash Page – Then select the SSID you just configured access control for.
- Custom Splash URL: Enabled- Select one
- Splash Behavior: A Different URL: Enabled- Select one
- Then ‘Save changes”
The additional steps below are OPTIONAL. If you don;t perform these extra steps then you may get a notification in your e-mail everyday from Cisco. We recommend not performing these extra steps and just turning off the notification by following these steps (from Cisco support dept): If you do not want to open the path to your RADIUS server from the Meraki cloud address (x.x.x.x), you could just turn off notifications. The way to do this would be to remove your email address from the notification section of Network-wide > General > Network alerts > Send alerts via email to:
- You may also need to create some firewall rules in the Meraki Dashboard (To stop some alerts from coming into your e-mail) although this is not required for the Smart WiFi Services and splash pages to function:
- Add the following entries to this area:
Allow UDP: 52.23.46.139/32 Port 1812
Allow UDP: 52.23.46.139/32 Port 1813
Allow UDP: 52.207.192.243/32 Port 1812
Allow UDP: 52.207.192.243/32 Port 1813 - You will need those ports open from your primary ISP router as well.