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. Read this article to learn how to Configure a Ubiquiti UniFi WAP with JumpCloud's RADIUS.
Prerequisites
- A JumpCloud RADIUS server IP address is required to configure a Ubiquiti UniFi WAP.
- You also need the shared secret that’s part of a JumpCloud RADIUS server configuration.
- To find the shared secret:
- Go to the JumpCloud Admin Portal.
- Select RADIUS from the left-hand navigation.
- Select a configured RADIUS server. The Shared Secret is below Server Name.
- Click the eye to make the characters visible, then copy the shared secret to use in the UniFi WAP configuration.
- To find the shared secret:
Note:
- The Ubiquiti UniFi WAP configuration uses WPA2 Enterprise for encryption/authentication.
- JumpCloud supports the 1812/UDP RADIUS port. Accounting port 1813 isn’t supported.
UniFi Configuration
Note:
When you change the Host IP of the RADIUS server in the UniFi configuration, re-enter the secret for that record, or tests for the new setting may fail.
Adding JumpCloud RADIUS to UniFi Settings
To add JumpCloud as the RADIUS Auth Provider:
- Create a RADIUS Profile in UniFi.
- Log in to your UniFi Network Portal.
- Go to Settings > Profiles, then select the RADIUS tab.
- Configure the Profile Name of JumpCloud RADIUS.
- For RADIUS Auth Server:
- Enter one of JumpCloud’s RADIUS Server IP Addresses in UniFi’s IP Address field.
- Enter 1812 in the Port field.
- For Password/Shared Secret, enter the RADIUS server shared secret that you created in JumpCloud.
- Click Save.
Configuring the UniFi Network for JumpCloud RADIUS Profile
To use your new JumpCloud RADIUS Profile with your UniFi managed network:
- Open your UniFi Networks Portal.
- Go to Settings > Wireless Networks.
- Create a new network or click Edit to modify an existing network.
- Select WPA Enterprise for security.
- Ensure that the RADIUS Profile is set for the new JumpCloud RADIUS profile you’ve just created.
- Click Save.