Hi Max,
The sad thing is, Fingerbank is limited in the sense that when devices
don't exhibit behaviors that seperate them from other devices, then its
hard to accurately profile a device.
On top of this, the manufacturer (MAC vendor) who created the device is
keeping its privacy, that makes it harder for Fingerbank.
If it was an RCA MAC vendor, then it would be easier to profile it, but
given this device runs a generic linux kernel and is manufactured by a
vendor who is keeping its privacy, its pretty hard to get accurate
device profiling.
So, although we can accurately profile a lot of devices, we can't
profile all of them, especially when it doesn't distinguish itself from
the mass (where the mass in the IoT world is Linux running a generic
DHCP client (udhcp in this case)).
You could create a local combination on your PF server that associates
the "Private" MAC vendor with your prefered Fingerbank device in order
to workaround the limitation of this device and to not have to allow all
hardware manufacturers on your device registration page.
Best Regards,
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On 2018-08-23 10:12 PM, Max McGrath via PacketFence-users wrote:
Hi all -
I have a student trying to register a device via the
/device-registration page, but is unable to.
The device is showing up as 'Hardware Manufacturer' for its class and
'Private' for its type:
image.png
This is clearly not very accurate. For the time being I have allowed
'Hardware Manufacturer' to be registered on the /device-registration
page by adding it to the *Device Registration* config section.
What can I do to help the accuracy of Fingerbank in the future? I'm
being told that this is a Bluray player -- and am currently waiting to
be told the make/model of it.
Mid-email the student got back to me...she is telling me it is a RCA
BRC11072E - Blu-ray disc player. I am taking her word on it as I have
not physically seen the device!
Thanks!
Max
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