[Abandoned] How to fake device type for network?

rhysperry111 · 2019-01-28 13:32:01

I am running Arch Linux on my laptop and am having trouble connecting to my school's WIFI. Turns out that for any device that isn't running android/ios you need to install a virus protection software that tells the network you are safe. I tried installing this software but it isn't available for Linux.

Is there any way I could make the network think my device is IOS/android therefore not requiring to install the app.

**repost from r/archlinux**

Last edited by rhysperry111 (2019-01-31 08:26:37)

rhysperry111 · 2019-01-28 13:32:45

BTW I have tried spoofing my MAC address to be the same as my phone's but that didn't work.

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judd1 · 2019-01-28 13:37:03

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MA … s_spoofing

rhysperry111 · 2019-01-28 13:40:04

@judd1 As I said, changing my MAC address seems to do nothing. Also the software they are using is Clearpass Onguard from Aruba Networks which does in fact have a Linux client but that is outdated and incompatible with the new system.

Piri · 2019-01-28 14:20:56

Ah memories, we had a similar software running at school. Just annoys everyone and does not boost security whatsoever...

The easiest workaround would be to connect your Android device to the WiFi and then do USB tethering with your laptop. Have you tried that?
I don't know the system but spoofing it could go from very trivial to very hard, so I'd try all workarounds first.

Trilby · 2019-01-28 14:47:29

Also check with your IT department. I had a similar situation here. Sadly most of our IT department hardly even knew what linux was, but after enough pestering and back and forth I was put in contact with the one guy who could help. He put my MAC address on a network whitelist and gave me a pass key to use with wpa_supplicant (or any other network management tool).

seth · 2019-01-28 17:00:49

Do the use a captive portal (spoof the useragent) or detect the OS w/ the dhcp request?
In the latter case see the vendorclassid option of dhcpcd - google should spit out a bunch of tokens you can use to … "mislead" the host.

progandy · 2019-01-28 17:35:35

If nothing does work, can you run the onguard client in a container with old ubuntu lts packages?

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