OMADA 5.15 Radius deprecation

OMADA 5.15 Radius deprecation

OMADA 5.15 Radius deprecation
OMADA 5.15 Radius deprecation
2024-08-07 10:10:55
Tags: #radius
Model: OC200  
Hardware Version: V1
Firmware Version: 1.31.3 Build 20240620 Rel.80383

Hi, I updated my OC200 controller earlier this week and after that, I saw a warning message advising that the inbuilt RADIUS feature will be deprecated/removed completely in 5.15, eg:



Why is Built-in RADIUS being removed, considering it hasn't been in place for very long?

I personally find it useful for RADIUS authentication of certain sensitive clients in a multi VLAN setup without having to add yet another server/service into my network landscape.

Is it too late to stop this from going ahead?

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Re:OMADA 5.15 Radius deprecation
2024-08-08 02:52:03

Hi  @TakeshiKovacs 

 

We have gradually added more features for Omada controllers, the OC200 hardware is limited to maintaining these changes, so the function was removed.

If you still need this feature, you may consider the OC300 or installing the Omada software controller.

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Re:OMADA 5.15 Radius deprecation
2024-08-08 11:26:27

  @Vincent-TP is it the same for openapi ? Will openapi stay with oc300 and software controller?

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Re:OMADA 5.15 Radius deprecation
2024-08-09 01:27:41 - last edited 2024-08-09 01:28:18

  @TakeshiKovacs 

 

Yes, same for OpenAPI. OC300 will keep it.

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Re:OMADA 5.15 Radius deprecation
2024-08-10 09:11:04 - last edited 2024-08-10 11:01:35

  @Vincent-TP I see.

Looks like I'm going to have to bite the bullet on an OC300 which is less than ideal but I really don't want to use/maintain yet another server just for RADIUS authentication. 🤦‍♂️

Is there a documented process for replacing/migrating to a replacement hardware controller within the same site? So go from OC200 to OC300, preferably with minimal impact?

Btw I don't just mean a "use the migration feature", I mean practical advice/considerations such as:

Currently my Omada devices all use a management VLAN so they have fixed addresses within the 192.168.10.xx range. The existing OC200 controller has a local fixed IP address in that range.

Can I spin up and fully comission the OC300 working in the same local network environment (with an IP address in that same range) to facilitate the migration? Are there any issues with having two controllers sitting in the same LAN segment at the same time (since they will both need to be live presumably to perform the migration??)
 

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Re:OMADA 5.15 Radius deprecation
2024-08-12 02:09:00
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Re:OMADA 5.15 Radius deprecation
2024-08-15 19:59:32
will you pay me to buy the OC300?
Controller Version 5.9.32 OC-200 v2.0 (2.9.3) ER-605 v2.0 (2.2.0) TL-SG2008P v3.0 (3.0.5) TL-SG2008P v3.0 (3.0.5) EAP610(EU) v2.0 (1.0.2) EAP610(EU) v2.0 (1.0.2)
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Re:OMADA 5.15 Radius deprecation
2024-08-16 05:01:13

 Well, Amazon offered me a full refund for the OC200 because of this cr*ppy update. I bought it 2022-12...

 

Always buy expensive stuff on Amazon...their customer service is excellent...

Controller Version 5.9.32 OC-200 v2.0 (2.9.3) ER-605 v2.0 (2.2.0) TL-SG2008P v3.0 (3.0.5) TL-SG2008P v3.0 (3.0.5) EAP610(EU) v2.0 (1.0.2) EAP610(EU) v2.0 (1.0.2)
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Re:OMADA 5.15 Radius deprecation
2024-08-28 14:08:42 - last edited 2024-08-28 14:59:17

@Vincent-TP

 

This is NOT OK - it's really very poor corporate behaviour, and highly damaging to user's trust in your product offering.  With OpenAPI you're taking away a feature I use extensively - it was one of the key reasons I bought the OC200 only a few months ago.

 

TP-LINK has effectively dropped a key product offering without any user consultation, and with zero user compensation.

 

What's next??? How can we now trust that you won't do the exact same thing to all other key features?

 

I hope you're going to offer existing users of the OC200 a very heavily discounted OC300 as compensation ??? What's your plan?

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Re:OMADA 5.15 Radius deprecation
2024-09-02 02:09:51
I would have rather not gotten new features, as opposed to removing existing. This whole situation requires purchasing new hardware to continue using existing equipment, which literally makes no sense
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Re:OMADA 5.15 Radius deprecation
2024-09-02 10:54:36

  @Tyrade Yes exactly this. And what's going to be next on the chopping block?

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