Gateway & AP – Set-Up Guide
Configuring Aruba Instant On

This chapter describes how to configure Aruba Instant On.
Before proceeding further with the configuration, you need to configure HSNM with a domain and a gateway as described in Adding a New Gateway.

Prerequisites

The prerequisites required for configuration are:

  • To create an account on: https://portal.arubainstanton.com
  • Aruba Instant AP and its serial number
  • HSNM version >= 9
  • HSNM gateway configured with Aruba Instant On hardware type
  1. Now inside HSNM, select your Gateway, click the dropdown menu, choose Edit.
  2. Expand the General Data session.
  3. In the Hardware Type field, choose Aruba Instant On.
  4. Connect the Aruba Instant On AP to a network that provides internet connectivity.

In order to add the Secret you need to get it from your HSNM as described in the Radius Secret paragraph.

Accessing the Controller

Open the browser and connect to https://portal.arubainstanton.com in order to access your Aruba Instant On account.

Once logged in, you should see the Aruba Instant On user interface, with the following modules available:

  • Networks
  • Clients
  • Applications
  • Inventory

Adding an AP to the Controller

Step 1

From the User Interface, select Inventory.

Step 2

Then click + Add Devices.

Step 3

Click the Search for my devices button.

Step 4

Enter the serial number of your Instant On AP and click the Search for devices button.

Now you should see the AP available in the list.

Step 5

Click the Add devices button.

Creating a Guest Network

Step 1

From the Aruba Instant On user interface, select Networks.

Step 2

Click + Add.

Step 3

Then, select Guest under Usage.

Step 4

Enter a Network Name.

Step 5

Select Portal under Security.

Step 6

Click the Save button.

Customizing the Guest Portal

Step 1

Once you have saved the entries, click the “Customize guest portal link to modify the captive portal or splash page.

Step 2

Select External from the drop down menu.

Step 3

Step 3 Now, in the Server URL field, enter the Welcome Portal URL in the format
http(s)://FQDN_OF_YOUR_APPLIANCE/portal/portal.php?gateway=NAME_OF_YOUR_GATEWAY

Step 4

Enable Send RADIUS accounting.

Step 5

Under the Primary RADIUS Server section, complete as follows:

  • Appliance IP address– Enter your platform IP.
  • Appliance radius secret– Enter the Radius Secret.
  • Authentication Port– 1812
  • Accounting Port– 1813

Step 6

Click Apply changes at the top.

Configuring the Walled Garden

Step 1

Now you need to configure the Walled Garden. In the Guest Portal page, under Allowed domains, enable the social networks logins you plan to support (if you plan to support any).

Step 2

In the field “New domain name”, add one by one the IP address or domains you need for payments, etc.

Step 3

Click Apply changes to save the entry.

To know the accurate and relevant Walled Garden, you need to add one by one, access your HSNM platform and click the contextual dropdown menu of your gateway. Select Download Walled Garden to get a .txt file with your accurate walled garden list as shown Figure Download Walled Garden.

Figure Download Walled Garden

Once the Cloud Controller has implemented the changes, you will get your AP configured and ready to work with HSNM.