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    Whitelisting MAC address for a vendor

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      JuantonJohn
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      I'm needing to allow a MAC address vendor to bypass the captive portal login screen.

      Appears I cannot use a wildcard mac to do this (first six)? –  AB:CD:EF:::*  --
      Please confirm.

      If so, any suggestions on how to give out a specific DHCP addresses / pool to specific MAC addresses?  I could then whitelist that dhcp range.

      The MAC vendor device is a 'dumb' device and cannot click the 'login to public wifi' notification.

      edit: I think I found my own answer here....

      https://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?topic=113746.0

      My searches were so fruitless before.

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        JuantonJohn
        last edited by

        This is solved.

        The solution was to segment a DHCP pool that is restricted to a mac vendor (first six).

        Then set that IP pool to bypass on the captive portal page.

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