USG Series - Facebook WiFi Login End of Life, 2023

Note! 

June 12, 2023 Meta has put the Facebook WiFi service as end of life (End of Life) and will no longer be supported.

USG Series - Facebook WiFi Login / How to Configure Facebook Wi-Fi 

The following figure depicts how a business partner links their local business Facebook page and the ZyWALL/USG device together to provide Wi-Fi access to users after interacting with their Facebook accounts. When a user first accesses the Internet, the ZyWALL/USG device will redirect the browser to the business partner’s Facebook page. Users are guaranteed Internet access after they checked-in the specific Facebook page. 

1. Set Up the Facebook Wi-Fi on the ZyWALL/USG

2. Test the Result

3. What Could Go Wrong?

1. Set Up the Facebook Wi-Fi on the ZyWALL/USG

1. First, enable web authentication through the ZyWALL/USG’s web GUI. Go to Configuration > Web Authentication > General screen’s Global Setting section. Select the Enable Web Authentication check box.

2. Enable Facebook Wi-Fi and pair up with your page. Go to Configuration > Web Authentication > Facebook Wi-Fi screen’s Global Setting section. Select the Enable Facebook Wi-Fi check box and click Configure.

3. Click the Configure button to go to Facebook. Login your Facebook account on the browser before continuing with the steps below. You can click Create Page or select an existing page to pair up with the ZyWALL/USG.

4. After the device is successfully paired up with Facebook, this Configure button functions as a shortcut to Facebook’s Wi-Fi settings screen.

You can configure the following:

Bypass Mode: to allow users to skip check-in for Wi-Fi access.
Session Length: sets how long the users can have Wi-Fi access.
Add your own Terms of Service.
For more information on this screen, please contact Facebook support. 

5. Finally, configure an authentication policy. Go to Configure > Web Authentication > General screen’s Web Authentication Policy Summary section and click Add to add a new policy. Select the Force User Authentication check box and select Facebook Wi-Fi as the Authentication Type.

This policy is to ensure that clients must go through Facebook Wi-Fi check-in before having Wi-Fi access. 

2. Test the Result

Connect to Wi-Fi and the check-in process should be like this:

3. What Could Go Wrong?

If you want to use Facebook Wi-Fi, you should register the device first.
And if you cannot bond device with Facebook, you should check the group type.
The group type is should be a real location.

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