Hello,
Packet Force 14.0 integrates the packet Force Huawei AC6605 template associated
with Huawei AirEngine 9700S-S (V200R023C00);
After connecting to the wireless network on the Windows client and mobile
phone, the registered VLAN is assigned a DHCP IP address. However, after
accessing the user authentication process on the webpage, the user cannot find
the authorized VLAN DHCP assigned IP address. The client still obtains the
registered VLAN DHCP assigned IP address after issuing the commands
ipconfig/release and ipconfig/renew; The packfence system audit log shows that
the client is not registered, and clicking on the web interface again also
proves that the process cannot obtain authorization for Vlan to allocate DHCP IP
However, after disabling the computer client and then enabling the wireless
network card to obtain authorization for VLAN to allocate DHCP IP, the system
displays that the user registration was successful; Turn off and then enable
WLAN on the mobile end to obtain authorized VLAN IP allocation The system audit
log shows that the client registration was successful.
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Date: Fri, Mar 7, 2025 03:42 PM
To: "packetfence-users"<packetfence-users@lists.sourceforge.net>;
Cc: "Christos Ntokos"<nto...@uoi.gr>;
Subject: [PacketFence-users] Web auth for WLAN guests with email/SMS
authentication on Huawei WAC
Hello,
I am currently testing Packetfence to provide WiFi access to guests using
capture portal/web auth. The authentication method would be a PIN via email or
SMS.
Our equipment is a Huawei AirEngine 9700-M Wireless Access Controller working
with Huawei APs in tunnel mode. The Huawei WAC does the VLAN assignment for the
guest SSID (no dynamic VLAN assignment needed) and also provides the DHCP
service to clients.
I see that in Packetfence there is no switch template for Web Auth for a Huawei
WAC, is there another template that I could utilize with some customization?
Also, I read the guide for unsupported equipment
(https://www.packetfence.org/doc/PacketFence_Network_Devices_Configuration_Guide.html#_unsupported_equipment),
it seems that Packetfence requires a network architecture where either the
DHCP service is provided by Packetfence or a copy of the DHCP service is sent
to Packetfence. Is that a requirement for my scenario? I should note that it is
possible in the Huawei controller to include the client MAC address (and many
more paramenters if needed) in the redirection URL. Wouldn??t that be enough
for packetfence to have knowledge of a client request?
Thank in advance,
Christos Ntokos
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