Dear all, We are setting up a wireless network in our office. I am planning to use FreeRadius for authenticating and authorizing wireless clients. The setup also contains squid content filtering, bandwidth limiting and other access controls. What I need is a "Captive Portal" which shows information about the network, how to set proxy in their browser and other information when they connect to the access point (When they select the network from their laptops or so). I read about NoCat and wifidog but these products are providing their authentication and bandwidth filtering. But I do not want to disturb my FreeRadius + Squid setup. Please advice me how to create a Captive portal with in the FreeRadius AAA server. Is it possible to use NoCatSplash and use FreeRadius Authentication and Authorization? -- Regards, Jayakrishnan. L Visit: www.foralllinux.blogspot.com www.jayakrishnan.bravehost.com
Jayakrishnan wrote:
I read about NoCat and wifidog but these products are providing their authentication and bandwidth filtering.
They are also captive portals, IIRC.
Please advice me how to create a Captive portal with in the FreeRadius AAA server.
You can't. FreeRADIUS isn't an HTTP server, a router, or a firewall.
Is it possible to use NoCatSplash and use FreeRadius Authentication and Authorization?
Yes. Set up a captive portal, and configure it to use FreeRADIUS for authentication. Alan DeKok.
Dear Alan, Thank you for your prompt reply. It would be highly helpful if you could point me to any how tos for configuring a captive portal which redirect to freeradius for authentication authorization and accounting. Or else please explain the process. Again thanking you very much for your reply, Jayakrishnan L On 12/11/10, Alan DeKok <aland@deployingradius.com> wrote:
Jayakrishnan wrote:
I read about NoCat and wifidog but these products are providing their authentication and bandwidth filtering.
They are also captive portals, IIRC.
Please advice me how to create a Captive portal with in the FreeRadius AAA server.
You can't. FreeRADIUS isn't an HTTP server, a router, or a firewall.
Is it possible to use NoCatSplash and use FreeRadius Authentication and Authorization?
Yes. Set up a captive portal, and configure it to use FreeRADIUS for authentication.
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Jayakrishnan wrote:
It would be highly helpful if you could point me to any how tos for configuring a captive portal which redirect to freeradius for authentication authorization and accounting. Or else please explain the process.
As I said, read the captive portal documentation. Alan DeKok.
Hi, personally, for your office, I would not touch captive portals at all - you are giv ing yourself a nice headache, single points of failure and a nice weak security model. go to 802.1X - and then configure your wireless AP to use the FreeRADIUS box (or boxes!) as the RADIUS authentication/accounting. you can then do all you rpoxy things etc just as a normal network. WPA2/AES with PEAP/MSCHAPv2 is very easy on pretty much all modern OS/clients if you are hellbent on doing captive portal...well, I'd say just roll your own. Linux.BSD box with ebtables/iptables 2 interfaces (one inside the captive , the other outside - with a bridg interface on which the apache server listens....about 30 lines of PERL which gives them a web page with login box - please use HTTPS for at least some security!) - and then PERL Auth::RADIUS to take user/pass details and pipe to RADIUS - the POD pretty much gives you the code you need. you can then tweak/customise as YOU need, rather then what somewhen else thinks you need...... 802.1X means you can cut out all the rubbish and have pure network access alan
On 2010/12/11 06:07 AM, Jayakrishnan wrote:
Please advice me how to create a Captive portal with in the FreeRadius AAA server. Is it possible to use NoCatSplash and use FreeRadius Authentication and Authorization?
Use CoovaChilli (Previously called chillispot) -- Johan Meiring Cape PC Services CC Tel: (021) 883-8271 Fax: (021) 886-7782
Yes, I ma trying a captive portal on CoovaChilli, However it lacks documentations. I will try that out and get back to you. On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Johan Meiring <jmeiring@pcservices.co.za>wrote:
On 2010/12/11 06:07 AM, Jayakrishnan wrote:
Please advice me how to create a Captive portal with in the FreeRadius AAA
server. Is it possible to use NoCatSplash and use FreeRadius Authentication and Authorization?
Use CoovaChilli (Previously called chillispot)
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