Configure Ruckus Smartzone Hotspot with Spotipo

Add a Site

Each location is represented by a Site. A site can have multiple routers (of the same type)

A new site can be created either while creating a new login or by clicking on the switch sites button and adding a new location.

Select Ruckus Smartzone under WiFi hardware, provide a name for the location and click on Save.

Add Smart Zone Entry to Spotipo

Go to Smartzone tab on the site you just created and click on New.
Provide a name and optional secret and click on Save.

Please note down the Radius Secret, NASID and Location Id generated

Disable MAC/IP encryption

Please login to controller CLI and execute below command

no encrypt-mac-ip

Add a new WLAN.

Log into the SmartZone controller and go to the WLAN tab. Use the Create button.

In the WLAN configuration, provide the required SSID and Select Hotspot(WISPr) as the authentication method.

Add Hotspot Portal

Under the Hotspot Portal tab, use the Create Button to add a new Hotspot Portal

Provide a name for your portal
Set the Redirected Mac format to aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff
configure the Location ID generated in Spotipo.
Add https://app.spotipo.com/smartzone/guest/ as URL for unauthenticated user ( replace app.spotipo.com with your server FQDN if you are using a Whitelabel domain)*
In Startpage select, redirect to the following URL
And use https://app.spotipo.com/smartzone/postauth/ as the URL_( replace app.spotipo.com with your server FQDN if you are using a Whitelabel domain)_
Add the below domains to the walled garden

app.spotipo.com

Create Authentication and Accounting Servers

Check the user controller as proxy option and add below authentication server and accounting server IP addresses and generated secret:

35.205.248.64
34.77.150.10

Configure Radius Options

Now go to Radius options tab.

Select the NAS ID as user-defined.
Provide the value generated in Spotipo.
Configure Called STA ID to AP MAC.

Save And Test

Now, you can save and test the configuration by connecting a device to the Guest WiFI network created.

Updated on: 24/03/2025

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