Hi Derek Thank you for taking the time to answer all my questions! Really do appreciate it. I love the idea of PF making me a cup of coffee in the morning :p
If anyone would be willing to have a quick chat regarding their experiences with 802.1x please reply and we can arrange a time. Many thanks, Steve On 24 October 2014 15:01, Derek Wuelfrath <[email protected]> wrote: > Well hello Sir! > > I'm looking to install PacketFence shortly but have a few question > relating to the role of PacketFence with 802.1x. > > > Stop looking at it and try it! ;) ahah > > I plan to use 802.1x to change the port VLAN based on the > authenticated(against Active Directoy or maybe certificates) device and I > would like to use the captive port to register guest onto a restricted VLAN. > > > You found what you need then ! > > From reading the documentation it looks like Packetfence uses FreeRadius > to implement 802.1x. > > > You are right > > In this scenario what role would the PacketFence GUI play? > > > It basically allows you to manage the different devices (nodes) that > connects to your network, manage the different authentication sources used > on the captive-portal for guest registration, manage the roles that will be > assigned to the devices depending on their location, authentication source > or a lot more! > > Would I set my switches up inside the PacketFence GUI or in the FreeRadius > configuration files?(or both?) > > > You will have to set your switches in PacketFence (using either the GUI or > the command line). PacketFence will then populate FreeRADIUS clients list > dynamically using MySQL. > > Will PacketFence show reports of the devices/users who have authenticated > with 802.1x? > > > Yup! Actually with some tweaking, PacketFence can triggers your coffee > machine to brew a fresh espresso when you arrive at the office and connect > on the WiFi (it is not part of it, of course, but just to demonstrate you > how far we can customize it ;)). But yeah, the reports are part of it. > > Does anyone have a current set up of PacketFence with 802.1x for wired and > wireless? If so, would you be willing to spare 20minutes for a discussion > about your experiences? > > > The mailing-list is full of experienced and highly motivated users. I’m > pretty sure someone will enjoy sharing with you. > > Cheers! > dw. > > — > Derek Wuelfrath > [email protected] :: www.inverse.ca > +1.514.447.4918 (x110) :: +1.866.353.6153 (x110) > Inverse inc. :: Leaders behind SOGo (www.sogo.nu) and PacketFence ( > www.packetfence.org) > > On Oct 23, 2014, at 14:58, Steve Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > I'm looking to install PacketFence shortly but have a few question > relating to the role of PacketFence with 802.1x. > > I plan to use 802.1x to change the port VLAN based on the > authenticated(against Active Directoy or maybe certificates) device and I > would like to use the captive port to register guest onto a restricted VLAN. > > From reading the documentation it looks like Packetfence uses FreeRadius > to implement 802.1x. > > In this scenario what role would the PacketFence GUI play? > Would I set my switches up inside the PacketFence GUI or in the FreeRadius > configuration files?(or both?) > Will PacketFence show reports of the devices/users who have authenticated > with 802.1x? > > Does anyone have a current set up of PacketFence with 802.1x for wired and > wireless? If so, would you be willing to spare 20minutes for a discussion > about your experiences? > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Regards, > > Steve > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > PacketFence-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/packetfence-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > PacketFence-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/packetfence-users > > -- Regards, Steve Allen
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