Social Media WLANs

Social media WLANs allow guest users to access the Internet using a social media account instead of using a WPA password or Guest Pass to log in.

The following social media login methods are currently supported:

For each of these social media WLAN options, you must create an application or activate a service on the respective social media website before your users will be able to log in using their social media accounts.

Note: Beginning with release 200.6, multiple social media login types can be enabled for the same WLAN.

Creating a Social Media WLAN

Selecting Social Media Logins

In this section:

  1. Facebook
    The Facebook social media login complies with the OAuth 2.0 specification (the industry-standard protocol for authorization).
  2. Google/Google+
  3. LinkedIn
    To configure a LinkedIn social media WLAN, you must first configure an application on the LinkedIn developer apps website.
  4. Microsoft Live
    To create a Microsoft Live social media WLAN, you must first create an application on the Microsoft Live developer application page.
  5. WeChat
    "WeChat Connects Wi-Fi" is a solution that allows clients to authenticate to a wireless LAN easily using a WeChat login instead of a username/password.
Parent topic: Guest WLANs