Developers guide

Chapter 7

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trunkPort Yes/no. Should the port be configured as a muti-vlan port?

pvid VLAN in which PacketFence should put the port

taggedVlan Comma separated list of VLANs. If the port is a multi-vlan, these are the

Vlans that have to be tagged on the port.

Guests Management

PacketFence supports the ability to manage guests by establishing expire dates and assign different roles

which will permit different accesses to the network resources.

Guests can self-register themselves using an activation code sent to their mobile phone or they can use

their email address and receive and activation link to activate their network access.

PacketFence has the option to have guests sponsored their access by local staff. Once a guest requests a

sponsored access an email is sent to the sponsor and the sponsor must click on a link and authenticate

in order to enable his access.

Moreover, PacketFence also has the option for guests to request their access in advance. Confirmation

by email and by a sponsor are the two pre-registration techniques supported at this point.

Guests can also be created using a separate web interface. This interface allow PacketFence administrators

or guests managers to create single accounts, multiple accounts using a prefix (ie.: guest1, guest2,

guest3…) or import data from a CSV to create accounts. Access duration and expected arrival date are

also customizable.

Usage

Guest self-registration

Self-registration is enabled by default. It is part of the captive portal profile and can be accessed on the

registration page by clicking the Sign up link.