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A gateway is the router at your location. Your customers connect to the gateway for WiFi. WifiPadi supports two gateway types: our pre-flashed Nano Pi, and your own MikroTik router. This procedure takes about 5 minutes.
Complete Set up your account before you start. You need at least one location and one WiFi plan.
1

Connect the Nano Pi to the internet

Plug the port labeled WAN / Internet into your existing router or modem. Power on the Nano Pi. Wait 1 minute for it to start.
2

Connect to the Nano Pi

The Nano Pi ships ready to use. You do not install anything on the device itself.Connect a laptop to one of the other ports on the Nano Pi with an Ethernet cable. Open a terminal on the laptop and enter this command:
At the password prompt, press Enter. The Nano Pi has no password.
If your laptop already uses a 192.168.1.x address on another network, disconnect from that network first.
3

Add the gateway in your dashboard

In a browser, go to Gateways → Add gateway. Select Nano Pi + OpenWrt as the device type. Enter a name, for example Gate-01. Select the location for this gateway.
4

Run the install command

Your dashboard shows a one-line install command and a Copy command button. Copy the command. Paste it into the SSH session from step 2. Press Enter.The command sets up the connection to WifiPadi and configures the captive portal.
5

Confirm the gateway is online

In your dashboard, watch the gateway status move through 5 stages:
  1. Installing packages
  2. Configuring captive portal
  3. Installing portal agent
  4. Registering
  5. Online
This takes 1 to 2 minutes. When the status shows Online, the gateway is ready. You can disconnect your laptop.

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Troubleshooting

The gateway needs a working internet connection on its WAN port to download packages. Check that the WAN cable connects to a working modem or router. Then run the install command again.
Check that your laptop does not already use a 192.168.1.x address from another network. Check that your laptop connects to a non-WAN port on the Nano Pi.
Run the install command again. It is safe to run more than once. If the gateway still does not come online, contact support and give your gateway name.