PacketFence + HP Switches + code hacking

[Arran Cudbard-Bell]

> Looking to get some thoughts on HP switches, looking at evaluating them with PacketFence. Since it doesn't look like they sell the ProCurve switches anymore I'll probably end up getting one (or multiple) of the following depending on how the lab evaluation goes:
> - HP 2530
> - HP 2920
> - HP 5120
> 

The ProCurve switches got rebranded to HP networking, they still sell the switches, as well as those from 3Com.

The 2530 and 2920 will be the next generation of ProCurve switches, whereas I think that 5120 will probably be a 3Com.

The ProCurve and 3Com interfaces and feature sets are still very much separate, I don't recommend mixing them.
Either go all 3Com or all ProCurve. It's quite easy to tell which is which just by the chassis.

> So even though these are not explicitly listed on the supported list, is there a general consensus how much hacking is required to get support added, or is that is even possible? I'll probably end up sending a diff out so others can take advantage of my work.
> 
> I'm planning on using 802.1X PEAP (wired), MAC based auth (either .1x or snmp traps),  and SNMP so I can throw idiots on my network back into an isolation VLAN. I'm willing to looking into other vendors if someone how someone has suggestions; only reason I'm looking at HP is the price point is nice for the features provided.

The 2920 should support CoA so you don't need SNMP (unless packetfence is the limitation there), it may even 
support Mac Based VLANs, which allows you to run multiple untagged VLANs on the same port.

Arran Cudbard-Bell <a.cudbardb at freeradius.org>
FreeRADIUS Development Team

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