Android Devices Kindle/Phone Etc - Google Authentication\Smoothwall

[JATSO]

Hi, Does anyone know how to get Android devices to authenticate Google accounts when creating them on a Android device, whether that be a phone, Kindle or tablet and sitting behind a Smoothwall device onsite.

 

Not sure why it won't on Android, works fine on a network that is off premises.

 

Anyone know what needs to be changed on the Smoothwall device to allow.

 

Thanks

[ibpalle]

There is no transparent in google auth method for Android - in order to log in using your google account, you would need a Google directory connection and a login redirect to the SSL Login page on the Smoothwall so users can manually login using their Google credentials.

 

If you have active directory on site and are syncing usernames and password between that and the Google directory, you can use 802.1x for an SSID and have users login to the Wifia and the Smoothwall by using the Smoothwall as the radius service for authentication and accounting.

[JATSO]

There is no transparent in google auth method for Android - in order to log in using your google account, you would need a Google directory connection and a login redirect to the SSL Login page on the Smoothwall so users can manually login using their Google credentials.

 

If you have active directory on site and are syncing usernames and password between that and the Google directory, you can use 802.1x for an SSID and have users login to the Wifia and the Smoothwall by using the Smoothwall as the radius service for authentication and accounting.

 

Am I right in thinking that Smoothwall will not allow Android devices to authenticate the setting up of a Google Account on an Android device even after connecting to the schools Wi-Fi, because at present to get the accounts set up on the devices they have to be taken offsite and I don't fancy sitting at home on my Wi-Fi setting up each device especially hundreds of them.

 

Content filtering will have to be addressed, just getting the devices setup with a users google account without having to take them off site to authenticate with will be a time saver.

 

"There is no transparent in google auth method for Android - in order to log in using your google account, you would need a Google directory connection and a login redirect to the SSL Login page on the Smoothwall so users can manually login using their Google credentials." Were using Chromebooks via our smoothwall is this the same as they work fine, were not syncing active directory accounts with google.

[ibpalle]

You can get authentication using Google accounts but it's a manual process with a redirect to the login page. There is no transparent login possible with android in the same way we can do with Chromebooks unfortunately.