Hi Peter -

Thanks for the reply.  We are very familiar with the device registration
page -- our users use it quite frequently.

For this specific scenario, the MAC address the user was entering was not
being allowed to be registered on that page -- even though we have Google
Home (and Google Home Mini) added under *Configuration --> Advanced Access
Configuration --> Device Registration*.

A Catch 22 really because the device is unable to connect to the network
and Fingerbank can't classify it for me to see what I *should* be adding in
the setting above (because clearly it's not being classified as a Google
Home.

Again, ultimately my issue is that we can't even get the device to connect
to the network -- it's not a matter of registering it.  I saw nothing in
packetfence.log, but maybe I'll try a radius debug.

Thanks again!

Max
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Max McGrath  <http://www.linkedin.com/in/max-mcgrath-a299124b>
Infrastructure and Security Manager
Carthage College
262-551-6666
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On Thu, Jan 10, 2019 at 4:56 PM Truax, Peter via PacketFence-users <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Max,
>
>
>
> For these kind of devices that don’t have a browser, (ie smart tvs,
> printers, Alexa’s, etc) to register through the captive portal, we have our
> system set up to allow people to register their own devices at  a web page:
> http://<pf-server-ip>/status
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>
>
>
>
> They log in with their username and password. They can then see all of
> their registered devices. On the page is a button marked, register a
> device. They click that, and enter the MAC address of the device that
> doesn’t have a browser. The device then gets the same role as the user, and
> is able to access the network without hitting the captive portal.
>
>
>
> The way you registered them, sound like it would work too, just more work
> on your end. You should see a radius attempt and accept in the radius.log
> file for that mac address. Maybe there is something to turn on the wifi on
> the Google mini? Also, you can run a radius debug to see exactly what is
> happening when you try to connect.
>
>
>
> *Peter Truax*
>
> *Network Administrator*
>
> (360) 688-2240
>
> Saint Martin’s University
>
> 5000 Abbey Way E
>
> Lacey, WA 98503
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Max McGrath via PacketFence-users <
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> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 9, 2019 11:27 AM
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> *Subject:* [External] [PacketFence-users] Connecting Google Home mini to
> my open network
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>
> Hello -
>
>
>
> I'm having some issues with students connecting their Google Home minis to
> our open (unencrypted) network.  We currently have two examples of this,
> but fear there could be hundreds more when our next semester starts.
>
>
>
> Long story short, it appears that Google Homes do not currently support
> connections with captive portals, not great, but at least we know.
>
>
>
> So I had the student find the MAC address of their Google Home.  It seems
> this is not very straightforward either.  It is not printed on the box or
> anywhere to be found -- so they worked with Google, got a network analyzer,
> ran a capture and found the MAC address.  I have since confirmed the MAC
> address they found is correct (see below):
>
>
>
> [image: image.png]
>
> Because they can't connect to the network themselves, I went ahead and
> created a node with the given MAC address, registered it and gave it a
> proper role.  I then went through the Google Home setup routine and it
> still cannot connect.  I was hoping because it was registered, it wouldn't
> run into the captive portal and it would just work!  That doesn't seem to
> be the case.  In fact, I've looked in packetfence.log in all three of my PF
> nodes, and I don't see any evidence of the Google Mini trying to connect.
>
>
>
> Any ideas on how to get these things connected?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Max
>
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> Max McGrath
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