Open-Mesh Cloudtrax
This page explains the configuration of Open-Mesh devices to work with IronWiFi Captive Portal.
IronWiFi Console Configuration
- Log into the IronWiFi console or register for free
- Create a new network
- After that, create a new captive portal, with vendor Open Mesh (Cloudtrax)
Access Point Configuration
Open the configuration page of Cloudtrax and navigate as follows.
- Navigate to Configure -> SSID and under Captive Portal, configure with:
- Splash page - Enabled
- Splash page type - Hosted remotely
- Splash page URL - get this value from the IronWiFi console
- Splash page secret - get this value from the IronWiFi console
- Splash page authentication type - RADIUS
- Server address 1 - get this value from the IronWiFi console
- Server address 2 - get this value from the IronWiFi console
- Server secret - get this value from the IronWiFi console
- NAS ID - 7027
- Block unauthenticated users - Enabled
- Walled garden - your_region.ironwifi.com, 107.178.250.42
The configuration is now complete.
! You must also install a valid SSL certificate on your controller/AP, in order to avoid authentication issues !
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