Wifi Configuration for Mac (macOS) Devices

Updated 10 months ago by Sriram Kakarala

Scalefusion's Wifi configuration feature helps you create a Wifi Network that can then be pushed to the devices, so that the Wifi network is automatically configured on them. On Mac devices, IT admins can also deploy Certificate-based Enterprise Wi-Fi configurations to enable employees to quickly plug and work when they enter enterprise networks.

In this guide we will see how to create Wifi configurations (Simple and Certificate based) on Scalefusion Dashboard and then apply them to Mac (macOS) Device Profiles.

Before You Begin

1. Mac Device Profile should be created

Wifi Configuration

Creating a Wifi Configuration

1. On Scalefusion Dashboard, navigate to Utilities > Wifi Settings. This screen displays all the Wifi networks that you have created till now. Click on CREATE NEW > Enterprise For macOS to create a new Wifi configuration.

   

2. The Wifi Configuration window is displayed with the following fields,

   

   1. Configuration Name: Enter a name for this configuration, to refer to it across Dashboard.
   2. SSID: Enter the SSID broadcast name for the Wifi.
   3. Hidden Network: Enable this if the network is hidden.
   4. Proxy Setup: Proxy is used to give access to few websites to the user connected to Wifi network. There are two types of proxy : Manual and Automatic
      If you do not want to setup a Proxy, keep it to None which is selected by default
      1. Manual: For manual proxy settings enter following values :
         - Server
         - Port
         - User Name and Password

      

      1. Automatic: For Automatic proxy setting, enter the URL where pac file is hosted. Pac file has all the proxy settings which is set by admin.

      

   5. These proxy settings get applied to devices connected to same Wifi configuration.
      If proxy values are invalid/not working on device then system admin needs to fix. The Proxy setting values that are sent from dashboard to device can be checked on the device by going to System Settings > Wifi > Connected Wifi > Proxy settings.
      Internet will be lost on device if invalid proxy is set on it and the device will receive no further pushes until settings are corrected on both dashboard as well as device.
   6. Security Type: Select a Security Type from Dynamic WEP, WPA/WPA2 Enterprise, WPA2 Enterprise (iOS8 & later), Any
   7. Select Wifi Authentication methods. Scalefusion supports Enterprise Wifi for iOS in two modes, viz LEAP and PEAP. Select the checkboxes to choose them.
      1. LEAP - After selecting, give Username and Password for connection to Wireless Network
      2. PEAP - After selecting, give Username and Password for connection to Wireless Network. In addition, Certificates can be associated with PEAP mode. This is explained in next section.

         

3. Once you have entered the relevant details, click on SUBMIT to save the configuration. The configuration will start appearing in the list of Wifi configurations.

Certificate based Enterprise Wifi Profile

On Mac devices, certificates can be associated with Enterprise Wifi configurations. As a result, all the devices where this Wifi has been published as well as Wifi being pushed on new Profiles, it will be sent with the Certificate payload.

The certificate option is there for PEAP mode. To create a certificate based Enterprise Wifi Configuration

1. Follow the same steps as above (#a to #f)
2. In the Wifi Configuration window, once you select the PEAP checkbox there would be an option (drop-down) to select Certificate (Identity and Trust) that are previously uploaded through Certificate Management.
   To learn about uploading Certificates on Scalefusion Dashboard, please click here

1. Select certificates that need to be associated with the Wifi configuration, along with Outer Identity, TLS Minimum Version, TLS Maximum Version and click Submit

   

The Enterprise Wifi Configuration will be created and certificate(s) will get associated with it.

Additional Actions

You can perform the following actions once Wifi Configuration is created:

• Publish: Click on the Publish button and select iOS Device Profiles and Devices to directly push the configuration on them.
• Edit: This opens the 'Update Configuration' window where you can edit the existing Configuration
• Delete: Deletes the Wifi Configuration

Global Settings

There are also some Global Settings through which you can give access to device-user to use the Wi-Fi connections and switch to other available Wi-Fi

To apply Global settings, click Apply button after making selections.

Applying WiFi Configuration on iOS Device Profile

Now that Wifi configuration is created, it can be applied to the Mac Device Profile(s) and hence get configured on the devices on which the device profile is applied. Follow the steps below,

1. Navigate to Device Management > Device Profiles section.
2. Launch the Device Profile Wizard, by clicking on CREATE NEW PROFILE or select a MacOS Device Profile and Edit it from the action panel.
3. Click on the Network Settings option and enable the Wifi configuration that you have created,

1. Click SAVE on the top right to save the changes to the device profile.

The Wifi Configurations will get applied to the devices on which this Device Profile is applied. If a certificate is associated with the selected Wifi configuration, then it will also get applied to the devices.

You can select multiple Wifi configurations in this screen so that they are remotely configured on the device. Depending upon the network signal and strength, macOS chooses which Wifi to connect automatically.

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