The Kiwire zone module allow you to define zone that group devices and infrastructure setting to logical groups. Each zone can contain any number of devices. A zone is define by grouping of NAS ID, IP address, VLAN and Wi-Fi SSID. A zone can mix SSID with other zone to create a sub zone or you can add more rules to create a master zone such as multiple VLAN, multiple SSID. Zone allow you to easily manage your network or integrate Kiwire platform into your deployment. Kiwire Zone platform also allows you to apply policy to limit maximum allowed concurrent login within the zone this is useful if you have limited bandwidth in the zone and only allow the zone to be able to accept a certain connected number of users.
How Kiwire Zone Works?
Zone are define by mixture of SSID, User’s IP address, NAS device and VLAN, it can be a mixture of any of the item, if a user traffic is define by the zone, it will go thru the specific zone policy created prior to connect to internet.
Example Zone Defination:
| Zone |
VLAN |
IP Address |
SS ID |
NAS ID |
| Zone A |
100 |
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| Zone B |
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wifi1 |
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| Zone C |
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192.168.1.0/24 |
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| Zone D |
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mynas1 |
- A network traffic that is vlan 100 will be classified as Zone A.
- A network traffic that is vlan 100 and have SSID “wifi1” will be Zone B.
- A network traffic that source IP is 192.168.1.x subnet will be Zone C.
- A network traffic that is from NAS ID “mynas1” will be Zone D.
Manage Zone Module
To access the zone mapping module, click on Devices > Zone Mapping from the navigation. On the zone mapping listing module, you may search for specific zone mapping by using the search field.
The field and its function description is listed below.
| Field |
Function |
| Name |
The zone name. |
| Link to User |
If the zone is associated with a user’s. |
| Limit Session |
The policy to define max concurrent login for the zone. |
| Priority |
The zone priority based on rules. |
| Journey |
The journey for the zone. |
| Status |
Show the status whether active or inactive zone. |
| Action |
Modules action :
- To add new zone rules.
- To edit the setting of the zone.
- To delete the zone.
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ADD NEW ZONE
Click on “Add Zone” button and populate the required fields. Fill in the field with relevant information to complete the process.
The field and its function description is listed below.
| Field |
Function |
| Enable |
Enable or disable this function. |
| Zone Name |
A unique name to identify the zone. |
| Link To User |
If you wish to link a zone to user , this is used for zone auto-login feature.
* NOTE : Only 1 zone per users. |
| Limit Connected User |
If you wish to limit a zone with a maximum no of user login , put in the value here. Its useful if the zone have a limited network bandwidth. |
| Priority |
The zone priority based on rules |
| Force Profile |
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| Force Zone Restriction |
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| Journey |
The journey for zones. |
EDIT OR DELETE ZONE
Click on edit icon, the edit screen be display which you can edit the setting of the zone. Click on the delete icon to delete the zone. A prompt will be display to ask for your confirmation to proceed to delete the zone. Please exercise with cautions as this not a reversible action.
