Information required for FansWiFi Manager
Mac Addresses of the APs (usually can be found at the back of the router)
Tested model and firmware version
Model: Aruba Instant-On AP11
Firmware Version: 2.8.0
Official documentation:
Accessing the Aruba Instant-On AP
Setup the basic Aruba Instant-On account according to Aruba Instant-On’s setup guide and deployment guide
1. According to Aruba’s setup guide, to add the AP to the Aruba Instant-On Portal in the initial setup, it is required that the AP is on the same network as your PC / Mobile / Laptop with a local IP address in the same network.
2. Then open a web browser: https://portal.arubainstanton.com/ or https://portal.instant-on.hpe.com
3. Enter email and password to login, if you do not have an account, you can follow Aruba’s setup guide https://www.arubainstanton.com/techdocs/en/content/get-started/prov-oc.htm to register and setup the Aruba Instant-On Portal
Setting FansWiFi on Aruba Instant-On Cloud Portal
Step 1: Click Networks / active networks
Step 2: Click Create Network at the top right corner to add a new network or choose a existing one
Step 3: Choose the configurations like the following figure (you can choose your own network name) and click Save
a. Identification
i. Network Usage: Guest
ii. Security: None or Wi-Fi Enhanced Open
iii. Network Option: Guest Portal (Checked)
b. Click Save
c. IP Assignment
i. IP Assignment: Specific to This Network (Suggested)
ii. Base IP Address: 172.16.0.0 (Or change to other network if needed)
iii. Subnet Mask: 255.255.248.0 (2048 Clients) (Suggested)
Step 4: Configure the Guest Portal
a. After configuring the SSIDs, move to the “Guest Portal” session
Step 5: Finish the settings according to the following configuration and screenshot
a. Type: External
b. Portal URL: https://connect-p.fanswifi.com/auth
c. Redirect URL: https://connect-p.fanswifi.com/auth?res=success
d. Authentication: Select “User authentication (default)”
e. Authentication Option:
i. Require RADIUS Message-Authenticator: Unchecked (Do not check)
ii. RADIUS Accounting: Checked
f. Primary RADIUS Server
i. Server IP address or domain name: radius.fanswifi.com
ii. Shared Secret: social123
g. Network Access Attributes
NAS Identifier: socialnas
h. NAS IP Address: Select “Use device IP (default)”
Step 6: For “Allowed domains” (Walled Garden) part, please follow below setup
a. Add FansWiFi domain (required)
i. fanswifi.com
ii. cacerts.digitalcertvalidation.com
iii. statusa.digitalcertvalidation.com
iv. ocsp.digicert.com
b. Select the Social Media you wish to use for Login if it is available on the list
i. Aruba may update this list accordingly
c. If your desire Social Media is not on Aruba’s default list, please add below domain accordingly
Walled Garden List (Optional, you may skip this if there is no Weibo Login Enabled)
weibo.com
weibo.cn
sinaapp.com
sina.com.cn
sinajs.cn
Walled Garden List (Optional, you may skip this if there is no Instagram Login Enabled)
instagram.com
akamaihd.net
cdninstagram.com
Twitter Login (Optional, you may skip this if there is no Twitter Login Enabled)
twitter.com
twimg.com
LINE Login (Optional, you may skip this if there is no LINE Login Enabled)
line-scdn.net
PayPal Login (Optional, you may skip this if there is no PayPal Login Enabled)
paypal.com
paypalobjects.com
Video Login (Optional, you may skip this if there is no Video Login Enabled)
akamaized.net
akamaihd.net
ssl.google-analytics.com
scorecardresearch.com
vimeocdn.com
vimeo.com
Step 7: [Suggested] Access Control (Security Setting)
a. Suggested to enable the “Access Restrictions” and select “Network Destinations” to prevent any device in the network being accessed by the WiFi guest. This is an important feature for protecting your own network.
i. This can prevent WiFi Guest user to access any other devices in your network including your Router, POS Machine, Surveillance Camera, internal computer…etc.
b. Allow user to access Internet only
Step 8: Add AP to FansWiFi Admin Panel
Login to FansWiFi Admin Panel
Click Settings -> Hotspots -> Add Hotspot
Configure with following settings:
Venue: Select the venue of where your Access Point locates
Hotspot Name: Name each Access Point to make it identifiable
AP Type: Select “Aruba”
Mac Address: Input unique MAC Address of each Access Point in your venue (Not controller)
Click Save
