Display Client MAC Addresses in logs, notifications, and Reports

If you select Host name (modified HTTP headers) in the User Identification screen, IWSVA displays client IP address information in logs, reports, and notifications. You can also configure IWSVA to display client MAC address information.

• Notes:
  1. To identify client by MAC addresses, you must select Host name (modified HTTP headers) in the User Identification screen.
  2. Host name identification is only supported for end-users browsing with Internet Explorer on Microsoft Windows platforms.

To identify clients by MAC address

1. Obtain the execution file register_user_agent_header.exe from the folder /usr/iwss/bin/ on the IWSVA server.

2. Run register_user_agent_header.exe on each client computer. The program configures the computer to include MAC address information in data packets.

3. Log on the Web console on the IWSVA server and make sure Host name (modified HTTP headers) is selected in the User Identification screen (Administration > IWSVA Configuration > User Identification  | User Identification).

4. Access the privileged CLI commands on the IWSVA server and type configure module identification mac address enable.

To disable client MAC address identification

Access the privileged commands on the IWSVA server and type configure module identification mac_address disable.