Introduction; Audience; Document Overview - AMIGOPOD PowerConnect W Clearpass 100 Software Manual

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Introduction

This technical note explains the configuration process for enabling the automatic creation of a
MAC authentication user account within the Amigopod database based on a successful Web Login
Authentication.
The use case for this design is to allow a device once initially authenticated via Captive Portal to
have transparent network access on any subsequent connection to the network.
This design relies on the Aruba Controller being configured with an SSID that has MAC
Authentication enabled with Captive Portal failover. This will allow any wireless devices that have
not passed through the initial Captive Portal authentication process to fail MAC authentication and
be presented with the Amigopod Web Login page.
Once authenticated the first time, a MAC authentication account will be created and all subsequent
wireless connections will be transparent authenticated by RADIUS MAC authentication.
This design can be extended to include the initial authentication source being an external Active
Directory or LDAP server. For more information of integrating Amigopod's authentication with
Active Directory, please refer to the Amigopod deployment guide or External Authentication Tech
Note.

Audience

This document is intended for network administrators and system integrators deploying an
Amigopod-based visitor management solution.
Basic familiarity with the Amigopod Visitor Management Appliance is assumed. For in-depth
information about the features and functions of the Amigopod appliance, refer to the Amigopod
Deployment Guide.

Document Overview

The first section of the document explains the configuration steps required to configure the
automatic creation of MAC authentication accounts on Amigopod. The Aruba Controller
configuration items are reviewed but detailed explanation of the procedure to configure ArubaOS
is assumed knowledge
The Appendix contains a reference guide for implementing browser detection of the WiFi client as
an extension to this design. The goal is to only allow smartphones and tablets to be able to register
their MAC address and not laptops that should be using the existing corporate SSID.
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