FreeRadius users mailing list <freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org> on August 2, 2005 at 16:42 -0800 wrote:
hi all,
can I use dialadmin for create users and autenticate this in a lan and exit out the router??
LAN (many users) -> router/fw ---> internet | | freeradius server
Hi Damon, I'm not familiar with dialadmin, but I think you would have some difficulty coercing the LAN clients into authenticating like that. Currently the only commonly-supported authentication method I am aware of for 802.3 ethernet networks is 802.1x. This would require either using HostAP (rumoured to work on wired NICs) or upgrade your LAN switches to ones that support 802.1x. Alternatively, you could use VLAN sectioning combined with a web server that can provide an authentication interface to the client. This is a bit of a pain, however. Hope that helps, -kb -- Kris Benson, CCP, I.S.P. Technical Analyst, District Projects School District #57 (Prince George)