Re: [Coworking] Re: How RFID reader writer works?

For the device MAC to user account association I wrote a simple ARP scan script which is thus vendor independent. The user does need to hit a local webserver (could just be a simple HTTP port handler with the ARP script) which then uses the ARP table to lookup their MAC address from their LAN

Re: [Coworking] Re: How RFID reader writer works?

Awesome. Great to know. Thanks Adrian! -- *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it by yourself.* Better Coworkers: http://indyhall.org Weekly Coworking Tips: http://coworkingweekly.com My Audiobook: https://theindyhallway.com/ten On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 4:18 PM, Adrian

Re: [Coworking] Re: How RFID reader writer works?

Sure! that's easy too. When a known client connects to your network, UniFi will send that user to your custom portal with their mac address, as per my last message, nothing new here. When you receive that mac address, look the user up by mac address in your database, if you find it, before

Re: [Coworking] Re: How RFID reader writer works?

Neat, thanks Adrian! Curious - do you know if it's possible to only do that authentication once? Essentially, once a device's mac is registered, can the hotspot portal let people connect without additional logins in the future, so long as the device is known? -- *The #1 mistake

Re: [Coworking] Re: How RFID reader writer works?

Adrian - yep, we've worked pretty extensively with the API, but that doesn't *really* help tie a specific device's MAC address to it's owners' account. Pretty sure that's where something like a captive portal is needed, right? -- *The #1 mistake in community building is doing it

Re: [Coworking] Re: How RFID reader writer works?

@Alex, slight side-answer. Unify controllers have a great API that exposes every imaginable piece of data about connected clients and your network. Docs from Ubiquiti are pretty poor but this project and its source provides a quick way to

Re: [Coworking] Re: How RFID reader writer works?

We don't use that now, but Nexudus does have a feature that checks members in via the WiFi. When the member comes into the space and logs into the Wifi, they are checked-in. I'm just reading about it now. Nexudus checks every 15 minutes and when they are no longer online, they are checked out.

Re: [Coworking] Re: How RFID reader writer works?

Slight side-consideration, but I'd be curious of accounts from anybody using *network access* to assist with check-ins/attendance? We have are using Unifi for our network management and the latest versions have a rather robust captive portal (sign in to get online) setup, but I haven't had a

Re: [Coworking] Re: How RFID reader writer works?

Ha, well, @Jacob J thanks for the vote of confidence, but I still only followed half of what you wrote in your most recent reply. We are quite low tech at the moment - handling our check-ins manually (yup, that's me, sitting at reception). I do like the daily fac-to-face with the members. I

Re: [Coworking] Re: How RFID reader writer works?

Pretty much bang on, you've enough technical chops to distill the jargon ;) 1. Yes. If a standalone script, you would have to maintain a separate list of IDs/names/expiries. (Inadvisable and extra work alongside a management app, but if one only has DIY offline management processes not so much

Re: [Coworking] Re: How RFID reader writer works?

Jacob and Jacob, Thank you both for your thoughts. First, you give me credit for being way more technically savvy than I actually am, so I only followed some of what you wrote :-). What I took away was: 1) One can use an RFID card as the trigger to control the electric strike for the front

Re: [Coworking] Re: How RFID reader writer works?

At Office Nomads we fully integrated our access control system with our member management system (Nadine) although we chose not to use RFID for checking in. We've made it very simple to walk up to the iPad at the front, find your name by first letter, and sign in. Slowing down the process has

[Coworking] Re: How RFID reader writer works?

Whilst PINs are easy, RFID is much more suitable, and a little plus is that you can let users scan an existing card instead of carrying an extra one (or remembering a PIN). Unfortunately I'm frankly surprised that nobody has apparently developed a solution that covers all the RFID use cases.

[Coworking] Re: How RFID reader writer works?

Matt, We also use Nexedus, and are trying to work out access and check-in issues at one of our locations, so your answer caught my eye. To clarify, you are no longer using the RFID cards at all for check-in, correct, just the Nexudus app on the iPAD? Also, this is only for checking-in, not

[Coworking] Re: How RFID reader writer works?

Hey Steve, We use Nexudus as our member management system and it works wonders. Originally we used a cheap RFID scanner and cards to check in members. Long story short you match enter the card details on the members profile, and then when the RFID scanner is swiped, it types in the unique ID