Provisioning Fanvil W611W Devices via Wi-Fi in Volume

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16th October 2024

A Wi-Fi phone needs to be connected to a Wi-Fi network before it can connect to a provisioning server. This could take a lot of time and effort to connect each device manually. This blog will introduce you to a new feature “Share Wi-Fi” which will allow you to connect multiple devices in batches.

Share Wi-Fi will allow a device to share its SSID and password credentials automatically to neighbouring devices once Share Wi-Fi has been enabled.

Scenario 1: Configure Special SSID for Wi-Fi Connecting

Step1: Check firmware supports share Wi-Fi function and reset all devices. – (If the device supports share Wi-Fi function, skip step1)

Step2: Create a Wi-Fi with an SSID of Wi-Fi-device-SSID and a password of I<0%aY8+ on the router.

Step3: Do DHCP option66 auto provision on the router and get the configuration file through DHCP option66 –

  1. Turn on the DHCP option 66 auto provision feature on the router
  2. Configure a configuration file containing new WIFI information and SIP account information, and the name is mac address as the file name, e.g. 0C383E5F1A63.cfg
  3. Open the auto provision server, e.g. 192.168.1.122
  4. Open the DHCP server, open dhcpsrv.ini, and add a DHCP option custom field, e.g. OPTION_66=http://192.168.1.122:663/0C383E5F1A63.cfg

Step4: Wait for the device to connect to the special SSID.

Step5: After connecting to Wi-Fi, you can provide new Wi-Fi and other configurations to device

Please note, after completing the above steps, the device will get a new Wi-Fi convenience credential to connect to the new Wi-Fi and the Wi-Fi set on the router can be deleted.

Scenario 1: Configure One Device and Share Wi-Fi Information

Step1: Upgrade the firmware supports share Wi-Fi function and reset all devices. – (If the device firmware supports share Wi-Fi function, you could skip step1

Step2: Do DHCP option66 auto provision on the router and get the configuration file through DHCP option66 –

  1. Turn on the DHCP option 66 auto provision feature on the router
  2. Configure a configuration file containing new WIFI information and SIP account information, and the name is mac address as the file name, e.g. 0C383E5F1A63.cfg
  3. Open the auto provision server and put the configuration file to be downloaded in the corresponding directory of the server. E.g. IP address 192.168.1.122
  4. Open the DHCP server, open dhcpsrv.ini, and add a DHCP option custom field, e.g. OPTION_66=”http://192.168.1.122:663/0C383E5F1A63.cfg”

Step3: Enable Share Wi-Fi and configure the Wi-Fi information via lcd, which in Menu–Advanced–Share Wi-Fi.

  1. Enable Share Wi-Fi
  2. Input SSID want to connect
  3. Select Security Mode
  4. Input password
  5. Click OK to save the configuration file, it will prompt “Config OK!”
  6. Press Red hang up button to return desktop

Step4: The device could share the Wi-Fi information to Share Wi-Fi client, and the client could connect to the Wi-Fi automatically

Please note, the client needs to be within the coverage range of Router and if multiple devices enable Share Wi-Fi, the client will connect to Wi-Fi using the information obtained first. Clients will connect to Router directly with Wi-Fi configuration

Step5: After connecting to Wi-Fi, you could provide new Wi-Fi and other configurations to the device.

Please note, disable ‘Share Wi-Fi’ if needed.

Please download the manual for full instructions and alternative methods of automating Wi-Fi using this technology.