inverse-inc/packetfence

packetfence

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PacketFence is a fully supported, trusted, Free and Open Source network access control (NAC) solution. Boasting an impressive feature set including a captive-portal for registration and remediation, centralized wired and wireless management, powerful BYOD management options, 802.1X support, layer-2 isolation of problematic devices; PacketFence can be used to effectively secure networks small to very large heterogeneous networks.

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Perl · GPL-2.0 · Last push 2026-11-02

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Get the project

git clone https://github.com/inverse-inc/packetfence.git

Cloning downloads the source. For dependencies and installation, follow the project README.

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