User registration in a PPSK environment

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RADIUSdesk enables the fast onboarding of new users in a PPSK enabled network.
The onboarding process consists of the following steps
1. The user connects to an SSID that has PPSK enabled, using the shared key used for onboarding.
2. The user is shown a landing page on the captive portal where they can register and select their PPSK.
3. The user disconnects and reconnects with their own PPSK to gain full internet access.
This page describes the most important points you need to pay attention to in order to achieve a functioning setup.

The PPSK solution in RADIUSdesk requires you to specify the VLANs you want to use.
They are connected to a realm.
In the screenshot below you can see that we have specified VLAN 5 and also VLAN 100-110.
We will use VLAN 5 for the Captive Portal network.

We create an onboarding user with a PPSK that is easy to remember.
This is passed on to users who want to register.
The onboarding user is also assigned the VLAN that we use for the Captive Portal network (VLAN 5).

We need to modify the standard captive portal that is created by the RADIUSdesk Wizard.
We will connect it with VLAN 5.
To have VLAN 5 as a selectable option, we have to add it to the AP Profile or Mesh network.

The captive portal also connects with the SSID that has PPSK with RADIUS encryption enabled.
This is just a formality and the actual network which a client will be assigned to will be determined by the RADIUS server.

We need to modify the standard captive portal that is created by the RADIUSdesk Wizard.
We will connect it with VLAN 5.

Planning the VLANs