I would second this. We generally have between 12,000 and 14,000 devices
on our network and PacketFence has done a fantastic job. PacketFence can
work both inline and out-of-band, which allows us to keep some of our older
network infrastructure in place a bit longer. And the support at Inverse
is top notch.
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On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 10:21 AM, Francois Gaudreault <
[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Maybe my comments will be biased, but:
>
> First at all this is my first usage of this mail-list, so sorry if I'm
> not in the correct section.
>
> It is :)
>
> I'm a french student in network & telecommunications, and as a part of my
> end-of-studies work placement, I need to deploy an AAA architecture in a
> big company (1500 end devices)
>
> 1500 devices is small compared to many deployment PF is driving.
>
> Since our network is composed of 95% of Cisco devices, my boss told me to
> deploy the Cisco ISE software.
> However, I've recently heard about PacketFence which seems to offer the
> same features for free.
> Even if my boss is a Cisco fan, I'd like to study this case seriously
> because I really enjoy open source projects.
>
> So here's my question : If you know a bit about ISE, what are the
> advantages and drawbacks of choosing PacketFence instead of this Cisco
> software ? Is there anything one can do and the other cannot ?
>
> I don't have all the details about ISE except the ridiculous pricing
> model. It will cost you a lot for features that you may not even use. In
> fact, PF competes very well. I know some of huge (15000 users+) PF users
> kicked out ISE for PF to save money, and gain flexibility with their NAC
> system. Since PF handles AAA very well with Cisco devices, I don't see any
> reason why your boss won't consider PF. If his concern is lack of support,
> well he is wrong. You can have some very good support provided by Inverse.
>
> Hope it helps!
>
>
>
> Thank you for your further answers.
>
>
>
>
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