Hello community I'm new in the Packetfence/Captive portals arena. Till now, I've only used the Unifi built-in captive portal, but I'm experiencing performance issues, and the features are pretty limited. I've used the latest PF Zen version on a VMware machine.
As a beginner, I wanted first to accomplish a simple captive portal, approve the term and click connect, with no data collection or anything complex. My PF server is installed remotely, like my controller (installed in AWS). I've followed the guides I've found online (configuration described below). But every time I try to connect to the guest WLAN, I get the error message the server can't be reached. This is the redirection URL - http://packetfence.packetfence.org/captive-portal?destination_url=http://X.X.X.X/guest/s/m9s71fxm/?ap=68:d7:9a:16:07:2a&id=d4:6d:6d:38:8d:80&t=1670343693&url=http://www.msftconnecttest.com%2Fredirect&ssid=test The PF is fully reachable from the WAP and controller. I really appreciate any help you can provide. Thanks Configuration: PF side: ------------------------------------------------------- * The server is behind NAT (one-to-one) and FW and fully open to my address. * one interface is configured (Management), and the portal listening daemon is enabled. *Captive portal is enabled: Network detection - disabled IP address - the external IP *Authentication Source: Name - null-source Rule - catchall, Role (guests) Duration (12 hours) *switch: Ip address- external controller IP Type- Unifi controller Deauthentication Method - HTTPS External Portal Enforcement - yes Mode - production Web services - HTTPS, username/password of the controller *connection profile: Enabled Filter- connection type (wireless-web-auth) Source - null-source I've restarted the restart pfcron service and run the below command: /usr/local/pf/bin/pfcmd pfcron ubiquiti_ap_mac_to_ip /usr/local/pf/bin/pfcmd cache switch_distributed list Unifi side: --------------------------------- Created and open auth WLAN and Apply guest policies. On the Guest portal section: Authentication - External portal server Custom Portal - PF external IP Pre-Authorization Access - PF external IP Use Secure Portal Enable HTTPS Redirection _______________________________________________ PacketFence-users mailing list PacketFence-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/packetfence-users
