Jason - I'm curious what version of PacketFence you were running? Also, if you worked with Inverse, Inc. to set it up or if you set it up yourself? If you follow the development of PF, you'll know the clustering dramatically improves with every major release. Also, Inverse, Inc. offers phenomenal support and know the software inside and out (no surprise there as they are the developers!).
I only ask because we've been running PacketFence for our 802.1x and guest networks (and wired network) for 5+ years without any major issues. We run in active/standby mode -- not cluster mode -- but do plan on moving to cluster mode after 8.0 is released as it has a major clustering feature we've been waiting on. Max -- Max McGrath <http://www.linkedin.com/in/max-mcgrath-a299124b> Infrastructure and Security Manager Carthage College 262-551-6666 <(262)%20551-6666> mmcgr...@carthage.edu On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 4:47 PM, Trinklein, Jason R <trinkle...@cofc.edu> wrote: > 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. > > > > -- > > *Jason Trinklein* > > *Wireless Engineering Manager* > > College of Charleston > > 81 St. Philip Street | Office 311D | Charleston, SC 29403 > <https://maps.google.com/?q=81+St.+Philip+Street+%7C+Office+311D+%7C+Charleston,+SC+29403&entry=gmail&source=g> > > trinkle...@cofc.edu | (843) 300–8009 <(843)%20300-8009> > > *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 < > WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> > *Date: *Monday, April 2, 2018 at 5:23 PM > *To: *"WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU" <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUS > E.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 > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/discuss > <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.educause.edu%2Fdiscuss&data=02%7C01%7C%7C416aa0adcd3740e218df08d598dffc6e%7Ce285d438dbba4a4c941c593ba422deac%7C0%7C0%7C636583010131355986&sdata=L2hgyGRxLEshPCcPVnAxQCrmoaMp%2FlC8Nq8V0B8IdaM%3D&reserved=0>. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE > Constituent Group discussion list can be found at > http://www.educause.edu/discuss. > > ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/discuss.
