Wi-Fi employee access – Ruckus

In this topic, you will learn how to configure Ruckus wireless controllers to work together with Portnox™ Cloud and 802.1X RADIUS authentication for Wi-Fi connections.

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ZoneDirector

The following is a configuration process for the Ruckus ZoneDirector series of controllers, based on ZoneDirector 1200.

  1. In the ZoneDirector web interface, navigate to Configure > AAA Servers, and click on Create New to add a RADIUS server.

    1. Specify a Name for the RADIUS server.
    2. In the Type selection, select RADIUS.
    3. Set the Request Timeout to 20 seconds.
    4. Enter your cloud RADIUS details.
  2. Navigate to Configure > AAA Servers, and click on Create New to add a RADIUS accounting server.

    1. Specify a Name for the RADIUS accounting server.
    2. In the Type selection, select RADIUS Accounting.
    3. Set the Request Timeout to 20 seconds.
    4. Enter your cloud RADIUS details.
      Note: The server IP and the secret are the same for both authentication and accounting, only ports are different.
  3. Navigate to Configure > WLANs, and click on Create New to add a new WLAN.
    Note: You can also edit an existing WLAN instead.

    1. Specify a Name/ESSID for the WLAN (its SSID).
    2. In Authentication Options, as Method, select 802.1x EAP, if you want to authenticate devices using RADIUS only, or 802.1x EAP + MAC Address if you want to also be able to authenticate IoT devices using their MAC addresses.
    3. In Authentication Server, select the RADIUS server that you created in previous steps.
    4. In Accounting Server, select the RADIUS accounting server that you created in previous steps.