Users Guide

Guest MACAuthentication
This template is designed for authenticating guest accounts based on the cached MAC Addresses used during
authentication. A guest can belong to a specific role such as Contractor, Guest, or Employee, and each role can
have different lifetime for the cached MAC Address. The following table describes the parameter definition of
the Guest MAC Authentication service template:
Parameter Description
General
Select Prefix Select a prefix from the existing list of prefixes. This populates the pre-configured
information in the
Wireless Network Settings, MACCaching Settings,
and
Guest
Access restrictions
tabs. The
Name Prefix
field is not editable.
Name Prefix Enter a prefix that you want to append to services using this template. Use this to
identify services that use templates.
Wireless Network Settings
Wireless SSID
for Guest
access
Enter the SSID name of your network.
Select wireless
controller
Select the wireless controller from the drop-down list if you already configured.
Wireless
controller
name
Enter the name of the wireless controller.
Controller
IPAddress
Enter the wireless controller's IP address.
Vendor Name Select the manufacturer of the wireless controller.
RADIUS Shared
Secret
Enter the shared secret that is configured on the controller and inside Policy
Manager to send and receive RADIUS requests.
Enable
RADIUSCoA
Select to enable RADIUS initiated CoA on the network device.
RADIUS CoA
Port
Specifies the default port 3799 if RADIUS CoA is enabled. Change this value only if
you defined a custom port on the network device.
MACCaching Settings
Cache duration
for Guest Role
Enter the duration in number of days the MAC account will remain valid for the Guest
role. After this the guest must re-authenticate using captive portal.
NOTE: You must enter cache duration for at least one role.
Cache duration
for Employee
role
Enter the duration in number of days the MAC account will remain valid for the
Employee role. After this the guest must re-authenticate using captive portal.
Table 44: Guest MAC Authentication Service Template Parameters
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