NAS's and client's? what's the difference and where are they and where defined?
Hi, I have Debian Etch installed with Freeradius and dialupadmin packages. Versions are ii freeradius 1.1.3-3 a high-performance and highly configurable RADIUS server ii freeradius-dialupadmin 1.1.3-3 set of PHP scripts for administering a FreeRADIUS server ii freeradius-mysql 1.1.3-3 MySQL module for FreeRADIUS server Now two months ago I set the system up and it authenticates an Epygi VOIP box and keeps accounts records for the calls made. Now I need to carry out further work - I had got things working but never fully cleared it in my head. My questions are fundemental. What are the differences between clients and NAS's? - Where should they be defined? I seem to have been able to connect the client box by adding an entry into client.com # 03/05/2007 - kbailey # Test connection to AF-IT Epygi box. client quadro.af-it.com { secret = password shortname = afit_test nastype = epygi } But this is not showing up under the NAS list in the dialupadmin interface - under Radius clients, NAS administration. Also, I see that the /etc/freeradius/naslist file is deprecated in favour of clients.conf - but there is also a /etc/freeradius-dialupadmin/naslist.conf file. This has some default servers in it. I'm almost tempted to think that the /etc/freeradius/clients.conf file is the only file which should be used - but I've heard that there are two things which are separate - clients and NAS's. Also, why are there the two references in the dialupadmin app - on web page and in naslist.conf? Thanks, Kevin -- Kevin Bailey IT Consultant Email: kbailey@freewayprojects.com Tel: 01752 268923 W: www.freewayprojects.com
Kevin Bailey wrote:
What are the differences between clients and NAS's? - Where should they be defined?
A Network Access Server (NAS) is a RADIUS client. It should be defined in "clients.conf"
I seem to have been able to connect the client box by adding an entry into client.com
*Please* be careful about terminology. If you keep getting it wrong, you won't be able to remember what thing means what, and any answers here won't help you.
# 03/05/2007 - kbailey # Test connection to AF-IT Epygi box. client quadro.af-it.com { secret = password shortname = afit_test nastype = epygi }
But this is not showing up under the NAS list in the dialupadmin interface - under Radius clients, NAS administration.
Because dialupadmin looks in an SQL database for the clients. It doesn't read the "clients.conf" file. Alan DeKok.
You can also put them in the table called "nas" if you are using SQL. You will need to set readclients to yes (at the very end of sql.conf). Ivan Kalik Kalik Informatika ISP Dana 6/8/2007, "Kevin Bailey" <kbailey@freewayprojects.com> piše:
Alan DeKok wrote:
Kevin Bailey wrote:
What are the differences between clients and NAS's? - Where should they be defined?
A Network Access Server (NAS) is a RADIUS client. It should be defined in "clients.conf"
I seem to have been able to connect the client box by adding an entry into client.com
*Please* be careful about terminology. If you keep getting it wrong, you won't be able to remember what thing means what, and any answers here won't help you.
Sorry - this should have been clients.conf
# 03/05/2007 - kbailey # Test connection to AF-IT Epygi box. client quadro.af-it.com { secret = password shortname = afit_test nastype = epygi }
But this is not showing up under the NAS list in the dialupadmin interface - under Radius clients, NAS administration.
Because dialupadmin looks in an SQL database for the clients. It doesn't read the "clients.conf" file.
So can clients be stored in various places? - or should I only use /etc/freeradius/clients.conf for the freeradius server. This was the place which seemed to work.
Have spent several days reading as much online as possible and now have the system authenticating calls from a VOIP box - but it's a big subject to get on board!
Thanks,
Kevin
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