Yeah, I just don’t want to manage reservations.  

We want the slickest least fingerprints on it solution.  Least amount of 
provisioning, records, database etc etc.  We already control Layer 2 completely 
and we have to provision Layer 2 each time a customer signs up.  That is enough 
access control for me.  

We want them to be able to plug and play without a username or password or 
anything.  

From: Charles Boening 
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 1:37 PM
To: [email protected] 
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] dhcpatriot

When a customer uses our ADSL router, we know the MAC address and use an API to 
pre-authorize so the customer never sees the login screen.

 

You can also set the unauthenticated pool timeout.  I think default is 3 
minutes but IIRC 1 minute is available.  We’ve had cases where the customer 
authenticated then just waited a couple minutes and were online with a public 
IP.

 

We also do DHCP reservations using RADIUS.  The Patriot authenticates to RADIUS 
which returns a Framed-IP-Address value and away we go.  J

 

 

 

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From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 10:59 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] dhcpatriot

 

Be nice to make it so that a DSL modem/router could power up and just start 
working without any power cycling.  

 

From: Charles Boening 

Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 11:28 AM

To: [email protected] 

Subject: Re: [AFMUG] dhcpatriot

 

We have had a DHCPatriot system for about 5 years.  We love it.  It’s 
essentially a captive portal.  When a user first connects, they get a private 
IP and policy routing forces them to the portal.  When the user authenticates, 
the system uses a local user database or RADIUS to authenticate the them and if 
successful, ties the MAC address to a username.  Now that the user is known, 
they reboot their device (or release/renew or wait a few minutes) and the 
system assigns an IP address from the authenticated address pool.

 

Infoblox looks like it has a few more features (some DNS and IPAM stuff).

 

If you’re in the market for something like the DHCPatriot system, I recommend 
getting a demo.

 

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Network Manager

800-858-2399 | Office

[email protected]

 

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From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Simon Westlake
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2015 6:31 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] dhcpatriot

 

I thought it was pretty interesting. Infoblox has a nice DHCP server too.

On May 27, 2015 4:34 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote:

  Anyone know anything about this product?

  http://www.network1.net/products/dhcpatriot/

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