hi all - i've recently tried upgrading from v1 to v2. on a centos 6.4 box w/ all latest updates, i installed freeradius v2, added one username and password to /etc/raddb/users: test Cleartext-Password := "testing" and the radtest command-line authentication works. i then added one client for our blade server to /etc/raddb/clients.conf: client x.x.x.x { secret = xxxxx shortname = 3coms } substituting the correct ip and secret for the x's. testing from my linux box w/ a modem, authentication works. output from radiusd -X shows all is well, my linux box receives an ip address and dns servers. relavant -X debug output shows: ++[pap] returns updated Found Auth-Type = PAP # Executing group from file /etc/raddb/sites-enabled/default +- entering group PAP {...} [pap] login attempt with password "testing" [pap] Using clear text password "testing" [pap] User authenticated successfully ++[pap] returns ok however, when trying to authenticate from a windows box, authentication fails. every time. i've tried it from a windows xp machine and 2 windows 7 machines. the debug output always says: [pap] WARNING! No "known good" password found for the user. Authentication may fail because of this. ++[pap] returns noop ERROR: No authenticate method (Auth-Type) found for the request: Rejecting the user Failed to authenticate the user. Using Post-Auth-Type Reject i've been over and over everything a dozen times, have tried changing the windows dialup security settings to use pap only, and also have tried adding the following line to the users file: Auth-Type = PAP even though everything i've read said not to do that. still doesn't work. the only changes i've made to the default installation are to the users and clients.conf files. i have spent hours searching the internet for a similar problem/solution and come up empty. windows boxes will not authenticate, pap always returns noop, and the user is rejected. am i doing something glaringly wrong, or just going plain crazy? regards, paul