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Configure Ruckus SmartZone to Use Cloud RADIUS

Get the strength and security of RADIUS without building, maintaining, or monitoring physical servers. It’s also quick to roll out managed RADIUS to your organization to authenticate users to Wi-Fi, VPNs, switches, and network devices securely. This is a full walkthrough of configuring JumpCloud's RADIUS-as-a-Service (RaaS) and a Ruckus SmartZone (SZ).

Settings and Configuration Notes

To view the Shared Secret:

  1. Log in to the JumpCloud Admin Portal.
Important

If your data is stored outside of the US, check which login URL you should be using depending on your region. If your organization uses LDAP, RADIUS, or requires firewall allow list configuration, the Fully Qualified Domain Names (FQDNs) will also be region specific. See JumpCloud Data Centers for the URLs, FQDNs, and IP addresses.

  1. Select Access > RADIUS from the left-hand navigation.
  2. Click to select a configured RADIUS server.
  3. The Shared Secret is below Server Name. Click the eye to make the characters visible,

Ruckus SmartZone Configuration

Ruckus SmartZone ConfigurationSteps to configure a Ruckus SmartZone is accurate as of 5/17/2018. If a discrepancy is found, contact JumpCloud Support.

Authentication Profile

  1. Navigate a web browser to your Ruckus SmartZone configuration management page.
  2. Login with your Ruckus administrator username and password.
  3. Click Services & Profiles to expand the Services & Profilesoptions.
  4. In the Services & Profilesexpanded options list, select Authentication.
  5. On the Authenticationpage, select the tab for Proxy (SZ Authenticator).
  6. Click + Create.
  7. Leave the Service Protocol set to RADIUS.
  8. Enter the RADIUS server IP. Refer to Configure a WAP, VPN, or Router for RADIUS for a list of JumpCloud's current server IP addresses.
  9. Paste in your JumpCloud Shared Secret for this RADIUS connection.
  10. (Optional, recommended) Configure the Secondary Serverwith the second JumpCloud Radius IP.

WLAN Configuration

  1. From the Ruckus SmartZone configuration management page, select Wireless LANs from the left side navigation.
  2. Click + Create.
  3. Give the SSID a Name.
  4. Under Authentication Options, leave the Authentication Type set to the default Standard Usage.
  5. Under Authentication Options,change the Methodto 802.1X.EAP.
  6. Under Encryption Options, leave the Method set to the default WPA2.
  7. Under Authentication & Accounting Server,check the box for Use the Controller as Proxy.
  8. Under Authentication & Accounting Server, select the JumpCloud Radius server you created in the Authentication Profile steps from the Select an authentication service drop-down menu.
  9. Your configuration is complete. Next: Configure your WiFi Clients to use RADIUS.

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