Cambium cnMaestro provides cloud-based management for Cambium Networks WiFi infrastructure. Integrating Spotipo's external hotspot portal with cnMaestro adds email capture, social login, and paid WiFi access capabilities while leveraging Cambium's enterprise-grade performance and centralized management.
This guide walks you through creating a Cambium cnMaestro site in Spotipo, configuring guest access with external portal mode, and setting up RADIUS authentication and accounting servers.
What you'll accomplish:
Create a Cambium cnMaestro site in Spotipo and generate configuration details
Configure external hotspot portal in cnMaestro guest access
Set up RADIUS authentication and accounting servers
Configure whitelist settings for Spotipo and social login domains
What you'll need:
Cambium cnMaestro account with admin access
Cambium access points managed through cnMaestro
Active Spotipo account (start free trial)
Add an Cambium Cnmaestro Site in Spotipo
If you still need to do so, please create a Site with Cambium Cnmaestro as the WiFi router. Please see this article on how to create a site.
Get Config Details from Spotipo
After adding the site, navigate to Settings -> Cambium cnMaestro
Configure cnMaestro Guest Access
Login to your cnMaestro account and navigate to the Guest Access section. Set the following values here.
Enable Guest Access
Select portal mode as External Hotspot
Set Access Policy as RADIUS
Set AP Server Protocol as HTTP
Under External Page URL, paste the Splash URL from Spotipo
Set External Portal type as Standard
Select Redirect User to external URL as the success action
Enable Prefix query settings in Redirect URL
Paste the Post Auth URL from spotipo as the Redirect URL
Configure Advanced Settings
Set the advanced settings as below
Whitelist Settings
Under whitelist settings, enter app.spotipo.com.
If you are using a white-labeled domain, could you add that as well
Do add the Stripe domains for payment-based hotspots.
Facebook domains need to be added if you want to enable Facebook login.
Make sure to press Save,
Configure AAA settings
Navigate to AAA settings - Authentication server
Enter Primary server Ip from spotipo as Host 1
Secondary server as Host 2.
Enter the secret copied from Spotipo
Under the accounting server
Enter Primary server Ip from spotipo as Host 1
Secondary server as Host 2.
Enter the secret copied from Spotipo
Set Accounting Mode as Start-Interim-Stop
Set Interim update interval to 300
Under Advanced Settings
Set Server Pool mode as failover
NAS-identifier as custom and use the value from Spotipo dashboard
Enable Dynamic Authorization
Set the Called Station ID as Ap-MAC
Save the settings and connect a device to the Wireless network; you should see the splash page.
Cambium cnMaestro Captive Portal Active
After configuring guest access, AAA settings, and whitelist domains in cnMaestro, connect a device to your wireless network to verify the splash page appears correctly. Guests can now authenticate through Spotipo's captive portal.
What to do next:
Test the captive portal by connecting a device to your WiFi
Customize your splash page design in Spotipo dashboard
Set up email marketing integrations to sync guest contacts
Configuration checklist:
Portal mode set to "External Hotspot"
Access policy set to "RADIUS"
Whitelist includes app.spotipo.com (and white-label domain if applicable)
NAS-identifier set to custom value from Spotipo
Dynamic Authorization enabled
Still having trouble configuring Cambium cnMaestro? Contact Spotipo support via live chat or email us at [email protected].