One Voucher Per Device

[rayyanthameem]

@Gertjan Do you have the original captiveportal.inc file? then I can compare to your modification and do that modification in github version.

[Gertjan]

Noop.

The pastebin files are what's left.
I went back to version stock version.

[free4]

@rayyanthameem the stock 2.4.4-p3 file : https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/RELENG_2_4_4/src/etc/inc/captiveportal.inc

[Gertjan]

@free4 : you're probably right : I based my edits on that file / version 2.4.4-p3.
@rayyanthameem : a diff will tell you ^^

[rayyanthameem]

@Gertjan Failed!!.

Patch didn't load, the device was able to connect internet without the voucher, CP changes took longer to save.

in short multiple issues, not sure what is the problem.

Here is the modified version: https://pastebin.com/66y1UgZf

[Gertjan]

Tip :

The easiest file to edit / change first the https://pastebin.com/QLhNhgAW : the GUI web config page.

Search for 'noconcurrentlogins' occurrences in that file.

The only thing that changes in that file is that the state of 'noconcurrentlogins', it chances from

//      $newcp['noconcurrentlogins'] = $_POST['noconcurrentlogins'] ? true : false;

= true or false

to true, false or multiple.

This is handled in several places, and easy to spot.

Test this one first. You can see in the GUI that it works : changing settings in the GUI can be tested using the 'viconfig' command : you should see the state of (noconcurrentlogins) in captive portal settings page.

[wazim4u]

@Gertjan said in One Voucher Per Device:

caveat

I would like to know if you have some latest development on your patch ( one voucher per device ) for 2.5.0 version. I have taken risk to use 2.5-Development version for captive portal service up to 2200 user with voucher system. testing service is running for one week and so far there is no issue and all issues i was facing like reboot system or changing setting in 2.4.4-p3 captive portal gone... made life easy for me. i have implemented your patch again to lock user with first login. It is working fine since 1 week. with a little bit of issues so far which i think fixable.

1-when you try to login again with already active voucher it gives error page in two forms field. one is giving notice ( reuse of authentication not allowed ) and second form ( voucher expired ) it should be only first one in this case.
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2- Secondly it should be MAC based authentication not MAC & IP. if someone add voucher and his lease is changed from 1.1.1.1 to 2.2.2.2 he will not able to login again even MAC ( device ) is same. this is major problem at the moment.
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3- Getting some crash error but doesn't effect captive portal operation.

non numeric-value  encountered in etc/inc/captiveportal.inc on line 1955

[Gertjan]

@wazim4u said in One Voucher Per Device:

1-

These two 'error' screen show one after the other ?

2

I guess I understand. When a device comes back, and its original DHCP lease is already reused - re assigned - to another device this happens. The MAC/IP pair will be different.
Simple solution : make the DHCP lease pool size for the portal really big.
Furthermore, the portal_allow() function scans over the connected user database using this selection criteria :

	/* read in client database */
	$query = "WHERE ip = '{$clientip}'";

which implies that the IP should be the same ...
( change this to {$clientmac} and see what happens ^^)

3 ....

You changed the etc/inc/captiveportal.inc file so I don't know what is this '1955' line is doing.
Can you show some code on that sport ?

[wazim4u]

@Gertjan said in One Voucher Per Device:

$clientmac

1- Yes it comes side by side on Desktop like the image and on mobile view it comes up and down.

2- DHCP lease already one month. do you want me to make it more ? that's first solution secondly the option you have given to change client ip query to client mac. this option is in two places which one to change if you can please guide i will test and let you know.

A:

/* read in client database */
	$query = "WHERE ip = '{$clientip}'";
	if (isset($config['captiveportal'][$cpzone]['noconcurrentlogins'])) {
		$tmpusername = SQLite3::escapeString(strtolower($username));
		$query .= " OR (username != 'unauthenticated' AND lower(username) = '{$tmpusername}')";
	}
	$cpdb = captiveportal_read_db($query);

B:

/* read in client database */
	$query = "WHERE ip = '{$clientip}'";
	$cpdb = captiveportal_read_db($query);
	foreach ($cpdb as $cpentry) {
		return $cpentry;
	}

3- I didn't change anything in code for reference i will give 1955 image attached below.

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[Gertjan]

Hummmm.

See https://pastebin.com/V6uWHNz5 - that's the file, right ?
Convert line 2353 and 2370 into comments (put a // at the beginning of the line ).

DHCP pool size, not lease size.
Bigger pool means : leases will be recycled less faster == more chance that the same device gets the same IP when it reconnects.

For A: that one, yes.
Not B : you'll be changing the behaviuour that that function ( function captiveportal_isip_logged($clientip) ) and you'll break things.

$ridx +=2 is a very classic numerical expression for "add 2 to $ridx". Also, $rdix is set to "2000" up front, which is also a number - at least, last time I checked, it was.
So, your

non numeric-value encountered in etc/inc/captiveportal.inc on line 1955

scares me ....
You're running out of place for the dual rules (env ( 64500-2000) / 2 ) or 31250registred "logged in user" rules .... ???
You should see log messages like "Zone: {$cpzone} - WARNING! Captive portal has reached maximum login capacity"

[wazim4u]

@Gertjan

1. Converted line 2353 & 2370 as mentioned ( // ) now i can see only single page but message is Expired voucher " it should be reuse authentication not allowed or similar custom like concurrent login not allowed .

2- DHCP pool is already /19 8190 Available IPs and only 2500 users the lease time is 1 month.

/* read in client database */
	$query = "WHERE ip = '{$clientip}'";

changing $clientip to $clientmac has no impact. i disabled whole line starting from $query and it worked with some error but connected me with other IP with same MAC . ( just tested or played around ) other MAC still not allowed to login.

3- there is no warning in logs for maximum login capacity we have only 2500 users as mentioned before.

i think DHCP option will be best to handle this at the moment. to keep same ip assigned to clients always.

[wazim4u]

@Gertjan

did you get any way to unbind MAC with IP ? if only MAC is authentication for second login with same voucher so system can work perfectly . DHCP sometimes renew IP of some clients so we have to disconnect them to let them use the voucher again because it binds with MAC & IP . else your patch is working perfectly .

[Gertjan]

@wazim4u said in One Voucher Per Device:

did you get any way to unbind MAC with IP ?

That means a rather big rewrite of most functions in /etc/inc/captiveportal.inc ....
Portal code is IP and MAC based ....
This exists :
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but that one doesn't interest you ...

@wazim4u said in One Voucher Per Device:

DHCP sometimes renew IP of some clients so

Yep, and the DHCP will renew the IP -> and it will grant the SAME IP.
One exception : if this IP is already used by some other device (pool to small, so IP's get recycled).
On my portal, I always receive the same IP when I connect with my PC or Phone.

[Iahmad]

hi all,
voucher to device binding is must require feather i ma requesting net gate management to add this feather to coming version..
@Gertjan @wazim4u @colleytech

[layek]

@Gertjan how to get this option.

[Gertjan]

You mean a pfsense feature requests ?

[layek]

@Gertjan thanks for your reply. i want to setup vouchers for 1st device only.

[free4]

@layek sure

the feature request is here : https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/9432

feel free to make a pull request for implementing this feature !

[layek]

@free4 thats mean this feature not possible right now with latest version?

[ajmaltms]

upto 2.4.3 version its working fine..hope they will implement in latest version too in 2.4.4 series