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    • A
      alnico
      last edited by

      Thanks for the replies.

      Yes, I am on version 2.4.5-RELEASE-p1 (arm).

      I made the following changes
      Radius Auth/Acc servers changed - made a big difference (we are getting somewhere now!)
      radius servers.png

      I unselected the two checkboxes for RADIUS assigned VLANs (enabled them so I could confirm that they were not the cause)

      I am beginning to see logs on pfsense of a failed Radius authentication, what I see is that Windows is automatically selecting a different certificate generated by another CA instead of my pfsense CA. I can't seem to select my user certificate at all.

      Pfsense logs:
      Rad-error.png

      This is the Windows error
      winerror.png

      Did you have to encode your client or server files in any particular way? Such as the common name to get it to work? Also did you select the WPA-Enterprise SSID straight out of the box, or did you have to manually add a network to get it going?

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        alnico
        last edited by

        I also have tried to import the certificate on a brand new Windows 10 laptop, still no luck with getting it to work.

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        • NogBadTheBadN
          NogBadTheBad @alnico
          last edited by NogBadTheBad

          @alnico You can also do a radsniff -x on your pfSense box to help diagnose radius issues.

          Any reason why you're using nonstandard ports for radius ?

          Are you trying to do radius assigned VLANS or just WPA2 Enterprise?

          Try switching off Enable RADIUS assigned VLAN for wired network & Enable RADIUS assigned VLAN for wireless network if you don't need it.

          Andy

          1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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            alnico @NogBadTheBad
            last edited by

            @nogbadthebad I am using non standard ports as I used the standard ports for OpenVPN authentication. I wasn't sure if I was to reuse the same ports for EAP-TLS, so I changed them.

            Radsniff did not throw up anything unfortunately.

            [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.home]/root: radsniff -x
            Logging all events
            Defaulting to capture on all interfaces
            Sniffing on (pppoe0 mvneta1 ovpns1 mvneta2 mvneta1.100 mvneta1.101 mvneta1.102 mvneta1.103 lo0 pflog0 mvneta0)
            ^CDone sniffing
            
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            • NogBadTheBadN
              NogBadTheBad @alnico
              last edited by NogBadTheBad

              @alnico If radsniff doesn't show anything radius requests aren't hitting your router.

              [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.xxxxxxx.net]/root: radsniff -x
              Logging all events
              Defaulting to capture on all interfaces
              Sniffing on (igb0 pppoe0 igb1 ovpnc1 igb0.2 ovpnc2 igb0.3 ovpnc3 igb0.4 igb0.5 igb0.6 igb0.7 igb0.9 igb0.11 lo0 pflog0 igb2 igb3 igb4 igb5)
              2021-01-27 10:01:22.364260 (1) Access-Request Id 165 igb0:172.16.1.11:56877 -> 172.16.0.1:1812 +0.000
              	User-Name = "andyk"
              	NAS-IP-Address = 172.16.1.11
              	Service-Type = Framed-User
              	Framed-MTU = 1400
              	Called-Station-Id = "A2-2A-A8-98-9D-8C:L-Space RADIUS"
              	Calling-Station-Id = "40-9C-28-A2-E0-7E"
              	NAS-Identifier = "a22aa8989d8c"
              	NAS-Port-Type = Wireless-802.11
              	Acct-Session-Id = "1144BCBA29D7B258"
              	Acct-Multi-Session-Id = "554A8AF77C09B840"
              	Connect-Info = "CONNECT 0Mbps 802.11b"
              	EAP-Message = 0x029e000a01616e64796b
              	Message-Authenticator = 0xb7eeadb31283e15a427c4d5c75d5b0aa
              	WLAN-Pairwise-Cipher = 1027076
              	WLAN-Group-Cipher = 1027076
              	WLAN-AKM-Suite = 1027073
              	Authenticator-Field = 0x3c008709e2d48bd8beb64afdded32fba
              2021-01-27 10:01:22.371210 (2) Access-Challenge Id 165 igb0:172.16.1.11:56877 <- 172.16.0.1:1812 +0.000 +0.000
              	State = 0x70c07eb4705f677d3e006abac136d6d9
              	EAP-Message = 0x019f00061920
              	Message-Authenticator = 0x869a29563272722653e6bfb1aed13cea
              	Authenticator-Field = 0xe633d547195ee13f9163c1684b7fa6a1
              2021-01-27 10:01:22.102423 (3) Access-Request Id 166 igb0:172.16.1.11:56877 -> 172.16.0.1:1812 +0.065
              	User-Name = "andyk"
              	NAS-IP-Address = 172.16.1.11
              	Service-Type = Framed-User
              	Framed-MTU = 1400
              	State = 0x70c07eb4705f677d3e006abac136d6d9
              	Called-Station-Id = "A2-2A-A8-98-9D-8C:L-Space RADIUS"
              	Calling-Station-Id = "40-9C-28-A2-E0-7E"
              	NAS-Identifier = "a22aa8989d8c"
              	NAS-Port-Type = Wireless-802.11
              	Acct-Session-Id = "1144BCBA29D7B258"
              	Acct-Multi-Session-Id = "554A8AF77C09B840"
              	Connect-Info = "CONNECT 0Mbps 802.11b"
              	EAP-Message = 0x029f00a119800000009716030100920100008e0303601139f2571834ca6ebc5341a674636aa379c3a9370ff71263f82291b053158500002c00ffc02cc02bc024c023c00ac009c008c030c02fc028c027c014c013c012009d009c003d003c0035002f000a01000039000a00080006001700180019000b00020100000d00120010040102010501060104030203050306030005000501000000000012000000170000
              	Message-Authenticator = 0x8b989303eae341b82a73953e5e15c8be
              	WLAN-Pairwise-Cipher = 1027076
              	WLAN-Group-Cipher = 1027076
              	WLAN-AKM-Suite = 1027073
              	Authenticator-Field = 0xd5b7f3c7255c764eecc669418304edcb
              2021-01-27 10:01:22.108220 (4) Access-Challenge Id 166 igb0:172.16.1.11:56877 <- 172.16.0.1:1812 +0.071 +0.005
              	State = 0x70c07eb47160677d3e006abac136d6d9
              	EAP-Message = 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
              	Message-Authenticator = 0xc1a12306ccc180dfa7d77c416b94ce21
              	Authenticator-Field = 0xceb2c5b0a11d650b8a51df2b97a6105a
              

              Also try a radtest while running radsniff -x

              What does your NAS / Client view look like, it should be something like this, radius requests come from the Unifi APs rather than the controller:-

              Screenshot 2021-01-27 at 10.15.31.png

              Another reason why Ubiquity will never make it big in the enterprise market.

              Andy

              1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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              • NogBadTheBadN
                NogBadTheBad @NogBadTheBad
                last edited by NogBadTheBad

                I'd try to get radtest working from the pfSense box first.

                Andy

                1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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                  alnico
                  last edited by alnico

                  Thanks @NogBadTheBad

                  This are the settings:
                  Interfaces:
                  interfaces.png

                  I've created an account 'laptop' with password 'abcd1234' (for testing) and these are the results from inside the SG3100:

                  [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.home]/root: radtest laptop abcd1234 127.0.0.1 10 abcd1234
                  Sent Access-Request Id 150 from 0.0.0.0:33851 to 127.0.0.1:1812 length 76
                         User-Name = "laptop"
                         User-Password = "abcd1234"
                         NAS-IP-Address = 172.25.10.1
                         NAS-Port = 10
                         Message-Authenticator = 0x00
                         Cleartext-Password = "abcd1234"
                  Sent Access-Request Id 150 from 0.0.0.0:33851 to 127.0.0.1:1812 length 76
                         User-Name = "laptop"
                         User-Password = "abcd1234"
                         NAS-IP-Address = 172.25.10.1
                         NAS-Port = 10
                         Message-Authenticator = 0x00
                         Cleartext-Password = "abcd1234"
                  Sent Access-Request Id 150 from 0.0.0.0:33851 to 127.0.0.1:1812 length 76
                         User-Name = "laptop"
                         User-Password = "abcd1234"
                         NAS-IP-Address = 172.25.10.1
                         NAS-Port = 10
                         Message-Authenticator = 0x00
                         Cleartext-Password = "abcd1234"
                  (0) No reply from server for ID 150 socket 3
                  [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.home]/root:
                  
                  

                  This is what shows up on Radsniff on another putty session:

                  radsniff.png

                  These are the firewall rules on the LAN side:
                  LAN rules.png

                  Still no luck "(0) No reply from server for ID 150 socket 3" seems to be the key.

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                  • johnpozJ
                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @alnico
                    last edited by johnpoz

                    Did you follow the instructions given here for testing.

                    https://pfsense-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/usermanager/testing-freeradius.html

                    I just did and boom - works

                    [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.local.lan]/root: radtest testuser testpassword 127.0.0.1:1812 0 testing123
                    Sent Access-Request Id 98 from 0.0.0.0:61162 to 127.0.0.1:1812 length 78
                            User-Name = "testuser"
                            User-Password = "testpassword"
                            NAS-IP-Address = 192.168.9.253
                            NAS-Port = 0
                            Message-Authenticator = 0x00
                            Cleartext-Password = "testpassword"
                    Received Access-Accept Id 98 from 127.0.0.1:1812 to 127.0.0.1:61162 length 20
                    [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.local.lan]/root: 
                    

                    Make sure you turn on logging in freerad, and if you do something wrong you get a log entry with some clue to why..

                    Here I changed the secret and it fails

                    [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.local.lan]/root: radtest testuser testpassword 127.0.0.1:1812 0 badpass
                    Sent Access-Request Id 16 from 0.0.0.0:17422 to 127.0.0.1:1812 length 78
                            User-Name = "testuser"
                            User-Password = "testpassword"
                            NAS-IP-Address = 192.168.9.253
                            NAS-Port = 0
                            Message-Authenticator = 0x00
                            Cleartext-Password = "testpassword"
                    Sent Access-Request Id 16 from 0.0.0.0:17422 to 127.0.0.1:1812 length 78
                            User-Name = "testuser"
                            User-Password = "testpassword"
                            NAS-IP-Address = 192.168.9.253
                            NAS-Port = 0
                            Message-Authenticator = 0x00
                            Cleartext-Password = "testpassword"
                    Sent Access-Request Id 16 from 0.0.0.0:17422 to 127.0.0.1:1812 length 78
                            User-Name = "testuser"
                            User-Password = "testpassword"
                            NAS-IP-Address = 192.168.9.253
                            NAS-Port = 0
                            Message-Authenticator = 0x00
                            Cleartext-Password = "testpassword"
                    (0) No reply from server for ID 16 socket 3
                    [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.local.lan]/root: 
                    

                    log.png

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                    • NogBadTheBadN
                      NogBadTheBad
                      last edited by

                      The radius requests come from the AP not the Unifi controller, is 172.25.10.1 your ap ?

                      If it isn’t you need to add the ap.

                      Andy

                      1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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                      • johnpozJ
                        johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @NogBadTheBad
                        last edited by

                        he needs to get the simple local test working first ;)

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                          alnico
                          last edited by

                          • My pfsense router (SG-3100) IP is 172.25.10.1.
                          • Unifi AP ip is 172.25.10.2
                          • Controller version upgraded to 6.0.45
                          • Radius package version is 0.15.7_21
                          • Radius logging destination is set to System Logs

                          I blew away all the prior configs (interface and NAS), rebooted the router, and managed to get an output from inside pfsense using the test case. Output below:

                          [2.4.5-RELEASE][admin@pfsense.home]/root: radtest testuser testpassword 127.0.0.1:1812 0 testing123
                          Sent Access-Request Id 195 from 0.0.0.0:57096 to 127.0.0.1:1812 length 78
                                  User-Name = "testuser"
                                  User-Password = "testpassword"
                                  NAS-IP-Address = 172.25.10.1
                                  NAS-Port = 0
                                  Message-Authenticator = 0x00
                                  Cleartext-Password = "testpassword"
                          Received Access-Accept Id 195 from 127.0.0.1:1812 to 127.0.0.1:57096 length 20
                          

                          I now recreated a new NAS/Client and Interface and changed the Secret in the unifi controller to "testing123". This is what it looks like now:

                          NASClients.png
                          Interfaces2.png
                          radius-unifi.png

                          I guess so far so good? Logically the next step is to test Unifi talking to pfsense I suppose - I can SSH into the unifi AP but can't seem to find a command such as Radtest that I can use. Does anyone have the EAP settings in FreeRadius and Unifi that they can share?

                          If I ever get this to work - I will write a user guide to configure Unifi with Pfsense :)

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                          • NogBadTheBadN
                            NogBadTheBad @alnico
                            last edited by NogBadTheBad

                            @alnico said in Help trying to get EAP-TLS working (Pfsense / Unifi):

                            I guess so far so good? Logically the next step is to test Unifi talking to pfsense I suppose - I can SSH into the unifi AP but can't seem to find a command such as Radtest that I can use. Does anyone have the EAP settings in FreeRadius and Unifi that they can share?

                            If I ever get this to work - I will write a user guide to configure Unifi with Pfsense :)

                            radtest isn't available on the ap, I just checked.

                            Here's what I have set:-

                            Screenshot 2021-01-28 at 12.08.36.png

                            Screenshot 2021-01-28 at 12.15.42.png

                            Screenshot 2021-01-28 at 12.09.45.png

                            Screenshot 2021-01-28 at 12.10.00.png

                            Andy

                            1 x Netgate SG-4860 - 3 x Linksys LGS308P - 1 x Aruba InstantOn AP22

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                              alnico @NogBadTheBad
                              last edited by

                              @nogbadthebad no still no good. Apologies for the delay in getting back, I had some pressing things I needed to attend to.

                              I will wait for the new pfsense update (since its due this month) and then see how I go.

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                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @alnico
                                last edited by

                                Not sure what you believe is going to change with how freerad works with 2.5?

                                Simple way to validate - is look at your log, and just sniff. Do you see traffic hitting pfsense from your AP?

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