Hi All, Thanks for the previous help that everyone offered, I got the freeradius up and running. I can authenticate using a test account I created in the "users" file, using the radius itself and also using my VPN box. I set this server up originally to authenticate WI-Fi users usign 802.1x and PEAP. This is where it fails. and the result is consistent with two different wireless manifacturer. the debug section is below. I like to thank anyone in advance for any suggestions or help that you may offer. Take Care, allan.borman@hccs.edu Nothing to do. Sleeping until we see a request. *****************************************************debug section of freeradius***********start********** rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 172.31.31.31:1517, id=11, length=122 NAS-IP-Address = 172.31.31.31 NAS-Port-Type = Wireless-802.11 NAS-Port = 45 Framed-MTU = 1400 User-Name = "guest" Calling-Station-Id = "0011f5161423" Called-Station-Id = "0001f444a3b4" NAS-Identifier = "HALLWAY4D04" EAP-Message = 0x0201000a016775657374 Message-Authenticator = 0x972393b17e8182216a4fd0dd08622f42 modcall: entering group authorize modcall[authorize]: module "preprocess" returns ok modcall[authorize]: module "chap" returns noop rlm_eap: EAP packet type notification id 1 length 10 rlm_eap: EAP Start not found modcall[authorize]: module "eap" returns updated rlm_realm: No '@' in User-Name = "guest", looking up realm NULL rlm_realm: No such realm "NULL" modcall[authorize]: module "suffix" returns noop users: Matched guest at 85 users: Matched DEFAULT at 165 modcall[authorize]: module "files" returns ok modcall[authorize]: module "mschap" returns noop modcall: group authorize returns updated rad_check_password: Found Auth-Type Local auth: type Local auth: No User-Password or CHAP-Password attribute in the request auth: Failed to validate the user. Login incorrect: [guest/<no User-Password attribute>] (from client 4-3w3.hccs.edu port 45 cli 0011f5161423) Delaying request 12 for 1 seconds Finished request 12 Going to the next request --- Walking the entire request list --- Waking up in 1 seconds... --- Walking the entire request list --- Waking up in 1 seconds... --- Walking the entire request list --- Sending Access-Reject of id 11 to 172.31.31.31:1517 Waking up in 4 seconds... --- Walking the entire request list --- Cleaning up request 12 ID 11 with timestamp 430f42cc Nothing to do. Sleeping until we see a request. *****************************************************debug section of freeradius***********end**********