Here is the output of my RADIUS server. I verfied the account on the LDAP server as a domain admin rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 10.1.1.27:32773, id=254, length=59 --- Walking the entire request list --- Waking up in 31 seconds... Threads: total/active/spare threads = 5/0/5 Thread 1 got semaphore Thread 1 handling request 0, (1 handled so far) User-Name = "radtest" User-Password = "Passw0rd" NAS-IP-Address = 255.255.255.255 NAS-Port = 0 Processing the authorize section of radiusd.conf modcall: entering group authorize for request 0 modcall[authorize]: module "preprocess" returns ok for request 0 modcall[authorize]: module "chap" returns noop for request 0 modcall[authorize]: module "mschap" returns noop for request 0 rlm_realm: No '@' in User-Name = "radtest", looking up realm NULL rlm_realm: No such realm "NULL" modcall[authorize]: module "suffix" returns noop for request 0 rlm_eap: No EAP-Message, not doing EAP modcall[authorize]: module "eap" returns noop for request 0 users: Matched entry DEFAULT at line 152 modcall[authorize]: module "files" returns ok for request 0 rlm_ldap: - authorize rlm_ldap: performing user authorization for radtest radius_xlat: '(uid=radtest)' radius_xlat: 'ou=Local Users,dc=name,dc=serverdm,dc=domain,dc=edu' rlm_ldap: ldap_get_conn: Checking Id: 0 rlm_ldap: ldap_get_conn: Got Id: 0 rlm_ldap: attempting LDAP reconnection rlm_ldap: (re)connect to name.serverdm.domain.edu:389, authentication 0 rlm_ldap: bind as powerful/userspass to name.serverdm.domain.edu:389 rlm_ldap: waiting for bind result ... rlm_ldap: LDAP login failed: check identity, password settings in ldap section of radiusd.conf rlm_ldap: (re)connection attempt failed rlm_ldap: search failed rlm_ldap: ldap_release_conn: Release Id: 0 modcall[authorize]: module "ldap" returns fail for request 0 modcall: group authorize returns fail for request 0 There was no response configured: rejecting request 0 Server rejecting request 0. Finished request 0 Going to the next request Thread 1 waiting to be assigned a request rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 10.1.1.27:32773, id=254, length=59 Sending Access-Reject of id 254 to 10.1.1.27:32773 --- Walking the entire request list --- Waking up in 3 seconds... --- Walking the entire request list --- Cleaning up request 0 ID 254 with timestamp 43bbea42 Nothing to do. Sleeping until we see a request.