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      michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
      last edited by

      @stephenw10 So im confused. I know you tested prior you stated you couldnt replicate but now you can? So its not fixed in 23.01 ?
      So my original post was that MACs added to bypass can cross vlans - i can reproduce on my end.
      Then it went into MACs on the bypass set to deny are still allowed to access the portal - this is reproducible by you Stephen.
      Overall, there seems to be a fault just in general with the MAC bypass ability in the captive portal but it seems this shouldn't be used in prod at the moment unless im not understanding the other details here.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by stephenw10

        I can't reproduce the issue you reported with adding pass MACs.

        When I tested that the host passes the portal but is still filtered by the layer3 pf rules on the interface as expected. That was in 23.01 but @Gertjan tested it in 22.05 and also couldn't replicate it.

        I can reproduce the issue will add block MAC entries. That appears to do nothing currently in 23.01.

        Steve

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          marcosm Netgate
          last edited by

          Regarding the original issue that we have not been able to reproduce:

          So my original post was that MACs added to bypass can cross vlans - i can reproduce on my end.

          You can determine what rule created the state that is incorrectly passing the traffic - this should help narrow down the issue. Using the previous screenshots/states as an example:
          Find the relevant open state:
          pfctl -vvss | grep -A4 '192.168.11.28'

          Look at the rule <number> part of the relevant state and check it (e.g. rule is 123):
          pfctl -vvsr | grep -A3 '@123'

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            michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @marcosm
            last edited by

            @marcosm understood. Will follow up tonight and respond back here.

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              michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @michmoor
              last edited by michmoor

              @michmoor Well cant reproduce my issue. I truly dont get it. The things i tried tonight.

              1. Radius auth as always. MAC bypass with PASS. Unable to browse other vlans. Internet access is fine.
              2. Radius auth as always. MAC bypass with block. Still able to sign-in but unable to browse other vlans. Internet access is fine.
              3. No auth. MAC bypass with block. Still able to sign-in but unable to browse other vlans. Internet access is fine.

              The only significant change made from when the issue was reported to now is that pfblockerNG is set up for bypass for the whole /24 Guest range. I dont think pfblcoker is in anyway related but wanted to be transparent with what changed for the guest vlan.
              Other than that, i cant explain why the rules are working now but they were not working before as i shown in the pictures above. I will continue to test with different devices.

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              • GertjanG
                Gertjan @michmoor
                last edited by

                These two :

                @michmoor said in Captive Portal bypass issue:

                Radius auth as always. MAC bypass with block. Still able to sign-in but unable to browse other vlans. Internet access is fine.
                No auth. MAC bypass with block. Still able to sign-in but unable to browse other vlans. Internet access is fine.

                That is the "MAC block" not working issue. You are using 22.05 ?

                No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                  michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @marcosm
                  last edited by

                  @marcosm I will say i am getting these messages in my syslog in abundance now.

                  c549dead-a9c6-4d40-aeab-d248e1a6cc2f-image.png

                  Checking the last 30 days it hasnt been as present but a huge uptick since last night testing.

                  d7a7fe99-d904-4c95-aba2-af947e304342-image.png

                  @Gertjan I am on 22.05

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    That is IPv6 traffic hitting the IPv4 Limiters

                    It's fixed in 23.01: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13290

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                      michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
                      last edited by

                      @stephenw10 Confirmed. Kicked off a iPhone client on the captive portal and those messages are gone.

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                        the other
                        last edited by

                        sorry for being kinda offtopic:
                        just wanted to say thanks for you guys/girls(?)...
                        ...a) pointing out this "problem"
                        ...b) having a discussion about it
                        ...c) trying to reproduce the issue
                        ...d) helping me getting my peace of mind back

                        :)
                        Seriously: thanx for your ongoing support and (my personal opinion) the good work with pfsense so far...hope Santa has you on his list.

                        the other

                        pure amateur home user, no business or professional background
                        please excuse poor english skills and typpoz :)

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          The MAC address block entries now work as expected with the newly added patch.
                          https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13747#note-11
                          Please test and let us know.

                          Steve

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                            michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
                            last edited by

                            @stephenw10 How do i apply the patch?

                            https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/483512b3a3226132b7b249f7ea3e2146d3829c23/src/usr/local/captiveportal/index.php#L181

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                              marcosm Netgate @michmoor
                              last edited by

                              You may use the commit ID 7e5dbbfca68179fd29a685363625c810d4da6417 in the System Patches package - see here: https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/development/system-patches.html

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Just add the commit ID in the patches package:

                                Screenshot from 2022-12-20 21-11-47.png

                                7e5dbbfca68179fd29a685363625c810d4da6417

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                                  michmoor LAYER 8 Rebel Alliance @stephenw10
                                  last edited by

                                  @stephenw10 @marcosm
                                  Thanks gents. I couldnt find the commitID.
                                  I can confirm that this is fixed. The mac addresses not only cannot get on the network but there is a message indicating to the client that they are blocked.

                                  Also syslogs confirms block

                                  72010920-704e-4323-96b6-ce71a77e6985-image.png

                                  I really dont know what to say but this has been a journey in troubleshooting and talking to the netgate team. Truly appreciate it.

                                  Time to whip out the old wallet for that TAC sub ๐Ÿ˜‰

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                                    Gertjan @michmoor
                                    last edited by

                                    @michmoor said in Captive Portal bypass issue:

                                    talking to the netgate team

                                    Euh .... the solution was already on the forum.
                                    13747 went from Not a bug, to Duplicate, to Bug again to get solved. I guess it's a question of finding the right words when writing feedback.

                                    The official patch, as always, is much nicer : why adding a line if removing something does the job ๐Ÿ˜Š

                                    And be careful : https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/13784 was added on the fly : A MAC can (23.01) be blocked the soft way, the user will see the message that his MAC is blocked. You can chose bewteen an error message, or a MAC block portal page to be uploaded. See here for info and example how to implement that.
                                    Or : new, see 13784 : totally rejected : the MAC becomes part of the pf rules that block any interaction with the captive portal interface. I guess the user would be able to get a DHCP lease sorted out, and that's it, nothing more.

                                    No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                                    Edit : and where are the logs ??

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