radius server cannot handle external request

[A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk]

Hi,

>    I have installed the latest freeradius server (version: 2.0.3) on my
> Fedora Core 5 i386 PC.  Now it can work ok when I use "radtest test test
> localhost 0 testing123" to test local user from local. And under debug mode
> "radiusd -X" the server can print out relevant handle info. However,
> Configure another machine as a RADIUS client and send out request, and the
> server is silent, and stop "Ready to process requests.". That means the
> server cannot handle external radius request.

default FC5 install?  edit /etc/sysconfig/iptables then
'service iptables restart'  you'll need to allow UDP 1812 and 1813
from the client address. not a freeradius problem. 

alan