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Location-aware authentication
Transmission Failed: The record was not transmitted successfully and retransmission
attempts have stopped due to the setting for Fault tolerance in the billing records
server profile (Service controller >> Public access > Billing records > External
billing records server profiles).
Location-aware authentication
This feature enables you to control logins to the public access network based on the wireless
access point with which a user is associated. Once authenticated, this feature is also used to
monitor and control roaming to other access points in the network.
How it works
Location-aware is automatically enabled when a VSC is set to provide access control. When
enabled, the location-aware feature causes the service controller to return location-specific
information for RADIUS-authenticated users. This information is returned:
When the user logs in
Each time the user roams to a new access point or switches SSIDs on the same access
point (which causes the user to be re-authenticated).
Note Due to security constraints in 802.1X client software, users cannot automatically be re-
authenticated when roaming to a new access point. Therefore, location-aware information
cannot be returned when these users roam.
Returned information
The service controller can return the following attributes in the RADIUS access request for
all user authentications (whether initial login or re-authentication due to roaming).
Called-station-ID (Standard RADIUS attribute)
ProCurve-specific attribute: SSID
ProCurve-specific attribute: GROUP.
Note When re-authenticating users, the returned RADIUS attribute Service-Type is set to 8744
(decimal).
Called-Station-ID value
By default, this is the MAC address of the wireless port (radio) the user is associated with.
This is the MAC address of the wvlan0 or wvlan1 interface in IEEE format as displayed by
Tools > System Tools > Interface info.
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