So if I set up a remote network, what will be the IP address of the portal
interface? According to the admin guide (pgs 25-27) it looks like the
portal address would be the address of the layer 2 registration vlan. Is
that correct?
 
Thanks,
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On 11/11/14, 11:38 AM, "Fabrice DURAND" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Hello Christopher,
>
>Le 2014-11-11 12:26, Christopher Mielke a écrit :
>> As mentioned in my previous post, we now have this setup working for
>>email
>> and SMS registrations (we don¹t want to use sponsored). However, we
>> pointed clients to the IP address of the management interface on the PF
>> server in order to test. This poses two problems. First, PF does not
>>open
>> the web ports (80/443) on the management interface so we have been
>> stopping iptables every time we restart the packetfence service as a
>> workaround. We don¹t want to do this in production.
>We open 443 port on the management interface if email registration has
>been enabled, so you probably have to restart iptables service to make
>it work (bin/pfcmd service iptables restart)
>>   Second, after
>> successfully completing a registration we get the message: ³Sorry! You
>>hit
>> the captive portal on the management interface. The management console
>>is
>> on port 1443.² The client has full network access, but this message
>>would
>> obviously be confusing to end users.
>>
>> What is the best interface to use for a captive portal for a remote
>> network? Can I just set up a registration vlan and turn off DHCP
>>services?
>> If so, what does the vlan use as the default gateway since there does
>>not
>> appear to be a place to configure one.
>The best interface is a registration interface, what you can do is to
>configure a remote network as a registration network (Configuration ->
>interfaces)
>>
>> Based on something I saw in another thread it looks like defining an
>> interface as ³portal² is another possibility. How exactly would I
>> configure a portal interface?
>This is available in a pull request
>https://github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence/pull/270
>
>Regards
>Fabrice
>
>>   
>> Thanks,
>> _______________________________________
>> Chris Mielke  |  Lead, ISS Network Systems
>> Drake Technology Services (DTS) | Drake University
>>   
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>>
>>
>>
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