Using the same EAP userid on multiple devices?

Michael Wang mwang25 at gmail.com
Tue Nov 1 20:30:59 CET 2005


In case it matters, I will be using EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, and/or EAP-PEAP.

Thanks,
Michael


On 11/1/05, Michael Wang <mwang25 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to set up an environment where I have multiple wireless
> devices that need to authenticate to an Access Point that uses FreeRadius as
> its backend authentication server. I am wondering if I can use the same EAP
> userid and password for all of these devices? Will the FreeRadius server get
> confused if two or more devices are authenticating at the same time to the
> FreeRadius server? Or is there something in the radius protocol or in the
> FreeRadius implementation that keeps track of authentication sessions
> independently and therefore does not care if multiple sessions are using the
> same EAP userid?
>
> Thanks again for your helpful responses.....
>
> Michael
>
>
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