We are considering clearpass for our guest network captive portal. We have a 
case of sticker shock, however…at a cost of nearly $50K, it seems expensive for 
a captive portal.

What alternative solutions are people using? We are very happy with FreeRADIUS 
for wireless auth, but we need a robust captive portal that allows OAuth/social 
media login or validated email/sms login. We tried packetfence, but in cluster 
mode, it wasn’t reliable.

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Jason Trinklein
Wireless Engineering Manager
College of Charleston
81 St. Philip Street | Office 311D | Charleston, SC 29403
trinkle...@cofc.edu<mailto:trinkle...@cofc.edu> | (843) 300–8009
From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
<WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> on behalf of Hector J Rios <hr...@lsu.edu>
Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv 
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Date: Monday, April 2, 2018 at 5:23 PM
To: "WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU" <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU>
Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] ClearPass - not so clear anymore

I’ve got two complaints about this product. One, it seems like with every patch 
or upgrade, this solution is getting worse and worse. This is disappointing 
because when we bought this solution two years ago it was rock solid. Second, 
due to the new licensing scheme, we are now exceeding our licensing capacity. 
How convenient for Aruba, right? As some of you might know, the new licensing 
scheme is based on concurrency. When we purchased the solution the licensing 
scheme was based on rolling averages. Yes, the new licensing scheme is 
attempting to make things simpler, but at a higher cost. Ask your rep how much 
a 25K server costs and you’ll see what I’m talking about.

Hector Rios
Louisiana State University
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