Working With Hotspot Services; Creating A Hotspot Service - Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirector 1100 User Manual

Managing a Wireless Local Area Network

Working with Hotspot Services

Working with Hotspot Services

A hotspot is a venue or area that provides Internet access to devices with wireless networking
capability such as notebooks and smartphones. Hotspots are commonly available in public
venues such as hotels, airports, coffee shops and shopping malls.
ZoneDirector provides two types of Hotspot services based on the WISPr (Wireless Internet
Service Provider roaming) 1.0 and 2.0 specifications, as described in the following sections:
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Creating a Hotspot Service

• Creating a Hotspot 2.0 Service
Creating a Hotspot Service
ZoneDirector's Configure > Hotspot Services page can be used to configure a traditional (WISPr
1.0) hotspot service to provide public access to users via its WLANs. In addition to ZoneDirector
and its managed APs, you will need the following to deploy a hotspot:
• Captive Portal: A special Web page, typically a logon page, to which users that have
associated with your hotspot will be redirected for authentication purposes. Users will need
to enter a valid user name and password before they are allowed access to the Internet
through the hotspot. Open source captive portal packages, such as Chillispot, are available
on the Internet. For a list of open source and commercial captive portal software, visit
/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal#Software_Captive_Portals, and
• RADIUS Server: A Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server through
which users can authenticate.
For installation and configuration instructions for the captive portal and RADIUS server soft-
ware, refer to the documentation that was provided with them. After completing the steps
below, you will need to edit the WLAN(s) for which you want to enable Hotspot service.
ZoneDirector supports up to 32 WISPr Hotspot service entries, each of which can be assigned
to multiple WLANs.
To create a Hotspot service
1. Go to Configure > Hotspot Services.
2. Click Create New. The Create New form appears.
3. In Name, enter a name for this hotspot service. (You will need to choose this name from a
list when creating a WLAN to serve this hotspot service.)
4. In WISPr Smart Client Support, select whether to allow WISPr Smart Client support:
• None: (default).
• Enabled: Enable Smart Client support.
NOTE: The WISPr Smart Client is not provided by Ruckus - you will need to provide Smart
Client software/hardware to your users if you select this option.
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