Yes I do plan on using a RoR application to make the changes to the MySQL database. So I think this is coming together. However, the username and password... where is the user responsible for using those credentials. Would a user connect to my WiFi network, then authenticate against the RADIUS server using credentials obtained through a Ruby on Rails application? Here's the workflow I am thinking to build this: 1. User connects to WiFi network. 2. User is directed to a Ruby on Rails application. 3. Application authorizes user to connect, creates credentials and propagates them to FreeRadius. 4. Application gives credentials to user. 5. User enters credentials (where?) I need hotspot functionality so I am almost there in terms of everything I need to build. Are these points rational? Also, where are the credentials entered in #5? Wouldn't I just need to deliver an IP or something to that machine at that point? Thanks Matthew. On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 6:00 PM, <tnt@kalik.net> wrote:
So I just want to make sure I am headed down the right path. I have a WLAN controller that will be configured to use RADIUS for authentication. Currently it (WLAN) uses its own user accounts on the controller. Does this mean that the WLAN will deliver an IP after the RADIUS has authenticated the user?
Yes.
How does a user authenticate to the RADIUS server?
With username and password. Or a certificate.
Basically I need to automate the current manual task of creating the user accounts on the WLAN.
You said you were going to make a Ruby application that will handle that.
Ivan Kalik Kalik Informatika ISP
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