Max, We set up our cluster with 7.3 and 7.4 (at different times). We found that database replication has failed itself often and unexpectedly, and getting them to rejoin each other was a herculean task and often unclear…we haven’t tried the active/standby, though. With active/standby, do you need to manually re-create your portal settings on each instance?
What features in 8.0 are you waiting for? -- Jason Trinklein Wireless Engineering Manager College of Charleston 81 St. Philip Street | Office 311D | Charleston, SC 29403 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | (843) 300–8009 From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv <[email protected]> on behalf of Max McGrath <[email protected]> Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv <[email protected]> Date: Monday, April 2, 2018 at 10:48 PM To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] ClearPass - not so clear anymore Jason - I'm curious what version of PacketFence you were running? Also, if you worked with Inverse, Inc. to set it up or if you set it up yourself? If you follow the development of PF, you'll know the clustering dramatically improves with every major release. Also, Inverse, Inc. offers phenomenal support and know the software inside and out (no surprise there as they are the developers!). I only ask because we've been running PacketFence for our 802.1x and guest networks (and wired network) for 5+ years without any major issues. We run in active/standby mode -- not cluster mode -- but do plan on moving to cluster mode after 8.0 is released as it has a major clustering feature we've been waiting on. Max -- Max McGrath [https://static.licdn.com/scds/common/u/img/webpromo/btn_profile_greytxt_80x15.png] <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fmax-mcgrath-a299124b&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ce65d5a489984418e7c8108d5990d545f%7Ce285d438dbba4a4c941c593ba422deac%7C0%7C0%7C636583204899113348&sdata=sUNQfFOW0X7T2M7nwRj3HzyGCRFxPLm1X7ajygrZlu4%3D&reserved=0> Infrastructure and Security Manager Carthage College 262-551-6666<tel:(262)%20551-6666> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 4:47 PM, Trinklein, Jason R <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: We are considering clearpass for our guest network captive portal. We have a case of sticker shock, however…at a cost of nearly $50K, it seems expensive for a captive portal. What alternative solutions are people using? We are very happy with FreeRADIUS for wireless auth, but we need a robust captive portal that allows OAuth/social media login or validated email/sms login. We tried packetfence, but in cluster mode, it wasn’t reliable. -- Jason Trinklein Wireless Engineering Manager College of Charleston 81 St. Philip Street | Office 311D | Charleston, SC 29403<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmaps.google.com%2F%3Fq%3D81%2BSt.%2BPhilip%2BStreet%2B%257C%2BOffice%2B311D%2B%257C%2BCharleston%2C%2BSC%2B29403%26entry%3Dgmail%26source%3Dg&data=02%7C01%7C%7Ce65d5a489984418e7c8108d5990d545f%7Ce285d438dbba4a4c941c593ba422deac%7C0%7C0%7C636583204899113348&sdata=amZx6YmC62mMGrgWISy0xlwc78j8bYfRwWs6VKKDmQw%3D&reserved=0> [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> | (843) 300–8009<tel:(843)%20300-8009> From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Hector J Rios <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Monday, April 2, 2018 at 5:23 PM To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] ClearPass - not so clear anymore I’ve got two complaints about this product. One, it seems like with every patch or upgrade, this solution is getting worse and worse. This is disappointing because when we bought this solution two years ago it was rock solid. Second, due to the new licensing scheme, we are now exceeding our licensing capacity. How convenient for Aruba, right? As some of you might know, the new licensing scheme is based on concurrency. When we purchased the solution the licensing scheme was based on rolling averages. Yes, the new licensing scheme is attempting to make things simpler, but at a higher cost. Ask your rep how much a 25K server costs and you’ll see what I’m talking about. 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