Setup Own Hosted Captive Portal SSID

configure a service area overview service areas are locations where you need nile connectivity as a service configuring a new service area login to the nile portal and click on the network setup button from the left side navigation pane click on service areas navigate to dhcp and click on the '+' sign to start adding a site name this is where you will define the site location where you need the nile service find my address this is where nile will ship its network elements it is important to input the exact address here for shipping click on the newly created service area and start adding all the buildings under that service area please input information for each of the buildings where you need the nile service and save it note sometimes all the buildings won't have a different address, so you can simply drop the pin on the map for reference click on the newly defined building and start adding all the floors in that building attach the floor plans to each of the floors optional once the floor plan has been added, you can also define wi fi zones on the floors if applicable wi fi zones are custom ssid zones used to service a particular set of clients configure dhcp overview a dhcp server is a network server that automatically provides and assigns ip addresses, default gateways, and other network parameters to client devices nile provides cloud dhcp as a service which can be used by the customer right away or the customer can choose to use their own dhcp server like windows, infoblox etc in case, you are using your own dhcp server, you can configure a dhcp relay agent on the nile portal option 1 nile cloud dhcp server login to the nile portal and click on the network setup button from the left side navigation pane click on dhcp click on nile dhcp click on the '+' icon and enter the following details pool name specify the name you would like to use for the dhcp user subnet network specify the subnet default gateway this gets auto populated once you fill in the network subnet please keep is as it is lease time select the lease time default is 1 day dns server please input the ip addresses of your dns server for example 8 8 8 8,8 8 4 4 ip range please specify the start and the end date it is auto populated please change as needed you are now done with the basic setup which is the most common advanced dhcp reservation please input the host name, mac address and p address for the devices you want to reserve and ip address for options this is used for advanced option like ntp server, tftp server etc option 2 bring your own dhcp server prerequisites ensure that you have the ip address of all the dhcp servers you want to use in your enterprise ensure that there is a bi directional route from the dhcp server to your core router/firewall which is going to connect to the nile service gateway configuring dhcp login to the nile portal and click on the network setup button from the left side navigation pane click on dhcp click on the '+' icon and enter the following details name specify the name you would like to use for the dhcp server host you can specify all the dhcp server ip addresses here if you have multiple dhcp servers, please specify the other ip/fqdn in the subsequent hosts geo scope select the sites where this dhcp server will be used to assign ip addresses subnet click on the " sign add all the subnets for employees, corporate, iot etc router this ip will be consumed by the nile relay agent when requesting an ip from the dhcp server ensure that you have configured this ip address as a dhcp option on your dhcp server this is typically the first ip of the subnet click 'save' to complete the configuration overview nile supports two types of guest portals terms and conditions (tnc) and email approval click through this will be used when you want to create an open ssid captive portal for guest users but want them to accept your company terms and conditions before they can access the guest network email approval in the email approval guest portal, the guest user must input the email address of the person they are visiting, and then the employee will receive an email to approve or deny the user's access to the guest network configure guest portal prerequisites before you start configuring the guest portal, make sure you have your company's terms and conditions policies ready, as they will vary according to your company's cyber rules nile does have default terms and condition policies defined that you can use as well configuring guest portal login to the nile portal and click on the network setup button from the left side navigation pane click on authentication click on the "+" sign under the guest portal tab select the "nile guest" option and choose the "click through" or "email approval" option from the dropdown select the appropriate geo scope and click "save" configure segments overview segments are like profiles in which you can define each set of users (e g , corporate, guest, etc ) in your enterprise consider one segment as one vlan in the traditional networking terms, and it includes all your wired and wireless devices one segment can span across multiple or all of your locations configuring segments login to the nile portal and click on the network setup button from the left side navigation pane click on segments click on the "+" sign general info please name the segment you would like to create service areas this is where you can select one site or multiple sites, buildings or zone for example a corporate segment will span across all the corporate sites with each having their own authentication method and subnet authentication please select the appropriate options here radius server, click through, or sponsored email click through and sponsored email options will be shown only after you configure the "guest portal" under the authentication section dhcp please select the dhcp server that you want to use for each of the locations subnets when you click on the drop down menu, all the subnets configured in the dhcp server will be displayed select all the subnets that will be used in this segment in normal cases, it is one subnet per segment click on save advanced wired self register this feature is a part of our unique psk feature where users can onboard their own devices with a unique psk this requires sso setup as a pre requisite setup wireless captive portal ssid please make sure you have configured a splash page with your vendor and configured the re direct url in the authentication section login to the nile portal and click on the network setup button from the left side navigation pane click on wireless name please name the ssid name you would like to create security please select the captive portal option segments please select the appropriate segment which is configured for the captive portal and save changes