ExpressWiFi

OpenWiFi 2.1

At home, in a cafe, or on the go, Express Wi-Fi gives you access to fast, affordable, and reliable internet so you can make connections that matter.

Express Wi-Fi partners with service providers to deliver great wi-fi to people when and where it's needed.

For information about becoming an expressWIFI partner please visit their site.

Configuration

ExpressWiFi builds a captive portal experience using a control plane protocol called OpenFlow. Configuring OpenWiFi for use with expressWiFi is as simple as defining a downstream interface and associating with an SSID and the open-flow service.

expressWIFI

    "interfaces": [
        {
            "name": "WAN",
            "role": "upstream",
            "services": [ "lldp" ],
            "ethernet": [
                {
                    "select-ports": [
                        "WAN*"
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "ipv4": {
                "addressing": "dynamic"
            }
        },
        {
            "name": "LAN",
            "role": "downstream",
            "services": [ "ssh", "lldp", "open-flow"],
            "ethernet": [
                {
                    "select-ports": [
                        "LAN*"
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "ipv4": {
                "addressing": "static",
                "subnet": "192.168.1.1/24",
                "dhcp": {
                    "lease-first": 10,
                    "lease-count": 100,
                    "lease-time": "6h"
                }
            },
            "ssids": [
                {
                    "name": "ExpressWiFi",
                    "wifi-bands": [
                        "5G", "2G"
                    ],
                    "bss-mode": "ap"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
        "services": {
        "lldp": {
            "describe": "OpenWiFi - expressWiFi",
            "location": "Hotspot"
        },
        "ssh": {
            "port": 22
        },
        "open-flow": {
            "controller": " IP / FQDN of expressWiFi Controller ",
            "mode": "specific mode pssl, ptcp, ssl, tcp"
            "ca-certificate": " the client cert as Base64 here ",
            "ssl-certificate": "the shared ca as Base64 here",
            "private-key": "client key as Base64 here" 
        }
    }

Contact expressWiFi for appropriate CA, Client Cert, and Key for TLS Security mode in addition to the specific expressWiFi Controller FQDN. Ensure these values are Base64 encoded when passed into the configuration