<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><meta http-equiv="x-dns-prefetch-control" content="off"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div>Thank you very much for you response Alan.<br><br>Here is my requirement in more detail:<br><br>I want to test the scalability of my server software. This server software and a Free Radius Server sit on the same linux box. I want to see how many client requests the Radius server can handle via EAP-TLS. And, in turn, I know how my server software can handle these requests simultaneously. We are looking at sending 100,000 wpa supplicant requests simultaneously to the free radius server.<br><br>1. Considering the limitation of the resources, I was thinking about how i can get so many (100,000) wpa supplicant sessions up and running at the same time. Do you have
any input on this?<br><br>2. When you say "Just run 5-6 processes at the same time.", can one interface be used to send out multiple simultaneous wpa supplicant requests? If yes, how many wpa client sessions can i generate on 1 interface? <br><br>3. Can you please tell me how good WPA supplicant and Hostapd fit this test with FreeRadius Server?<br>
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4. Are they good for scalability testing or should I look out for other open source wpa supplicants/NASs?<br><br>5. Do you know of any other supplicants and AP that might do the work for me or are known to do a better job in scalability tests like this?<br><br>Thank you very much for your time.<br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br>Regards,<br>RC.<br><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Alan DeKok <aland@deployingradius.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> FreeRadius users mailing list <freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tue, March 2, 2010 12:25:42 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: Can a wpa_supplicant talk to a Free Radius server without a NAS
in between?<br></font><br>rchinnapu wrote:<br>> My requirement is to test scalability of my
Server software that hosts<br>> Free Radius Server. I want to see how many wpa supplicant requests it<br>> can handle via EAP-TLS.<br>> <br>> 1. Can a wpa_supplicant talk to a Free Radius server without a NAS in<br>> between? I just want to see how many requests my Free Radius server can<br>> handle simultaneously. But, is it even possible for the WPA supplicant<br>> to talk to the Free radius server without the NAS in between them?<br><br> See eapol_test. It's included with wpa_supplicant.<br><br> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://deployingradius.com/">http://deployingradius.com/</a> for complete instructions on building &&<br>using it with EAP.<br><br>> 2. Is there a free wpa supplicant (peer) that generates multiple<br>> separate sessions at the same time?<br><br> No. Just run 5-6 processes at the same time.<br><br> Alan DeKok.<br>-<br>List info/subscribe/unsubscribe?
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