Guest Access - Easy creation of Guest-Vouchers

[Steffen Frederiksen]

Hi

I have previous used WCS together with my WLC 2504 to create guest-users.

Employees in the corporation can through their AD-Credentials log into WCS, and create guest users for the Wifi-Network.

The WCS solution for creation guest users is however to complicated and many users choose to call our helpdesk insted of self-service. Other users create guest accounts and set them to never-expire, I then manually have to clean up in the never-expire accounts later..

We have 20 departments arround the contry, some bigger than others and therefore we don't have an reception in every department. Every employee should therefore be able to create guest-accounts themselves.

I've tried to use "Captive Portal" by Pfsense but it just issue a lot of vouchers there need to be printed and distributed to the departments, its a kind old-fashion.

The optimal solution would be a internal website where employees can log into. Here they could type their guests mobilephone number, and a 8 hour voucher wold be send by sms. Easy and end-user friendly.

Another solution could be a website that create an 8 our voucher with one-click and then print the voucher (insted of sms)

In WCS the users have to choose add-user - profile - controller list - expire time - etc etc before the login is created...

Can anyone recommend a good solution for this, not to expensive. We don't got guest that often.

Best Regards, Steffen.

[Venkatesh Attuluri]

ISE have rich Guest management features built in to it. ISE guest services enable you to provide secure network access to guests such as visitors, contractors, consultants, and customers.Cisco ISE provides web-based and mobile portals to provide on-boarding for guests (and even employees) to your company’s network and internal resources and services.

From the Admin portal, you can create and edit guest and sponsor portals, configure guest access privileges by defining their guest type, and assign sponsor privileges for creating and managing guest accounts.

Check the following link for more information

http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/ise/1-3/admin_guide/b_ise_admin_guide_13/b_ise_admin_guide_sample_chapter_01111.html

[blakekrone · Accepted solution]

ISE would help for sure with easier to use guest portals for end users. You also have the option of using the API's via Prime Infrastructure (WCS upgrade) for guest account creation which enables a lot more flexibility. Your in house web developers could create a simple to use webpage that has very limited form fields and uses the API to do all the backend work for you.