Overview

As per the customer, the feature to Authenticate users using the MAC Address on the SMP and AAA Nodes is not functioning. 

Root Cause

It is likely that the user was not configured correctly by the client. It is probably why the user was unable to login whereas the AAA (Pri and Sec servers) were in action properly.

Solution

The solution requires the configuration in both EliteSMP and the AAA Nodes. The AAA node uses the TTLS_PAP driver to achieve MAC address-based authentication.

EliteSMP Configuration

• In EliteSMP GUI go to Customer Management > Subscriber Management > Create Prepaid Subscriber 
• Create a user on SMP with an Active package
  • If user already exists skip this step

AAA Configuration

• In the EliteAAA GUI go to Servers / Configuration > Service Drivers > EAP-TTLS Driver > Add Subscriber.

• Update customer MAC Addresses in PARAM3 AND CALLINGSTATIONID fields

• An example of the configuration is given below:

  PARAM3 = 0:31="94-EB-CD-E5-4F-0D",0:31="58-A2-B5-8C-F0-05"
  CALLINGSTATIONID = 94-EB-CD-E5-4F-0D,58-A2-B5-8C-F0-05