How to configure FreeRadius so that clients don't have to bechanged?

[Ivan Kalik]

In your AP user manual.

You will still need to set up radius secret, switch local to radius
authentication etc. on every AP. It can be done remotely (telnet, ssh,
some even have web control panels).

Ivan Kalik
Kalik Informatika ISP

Dana 16/7/2008, "DaSilva" <Edwinem_von_Forresterra at web.de> piše:

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>On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:37 PM, DaSilva
><Edwinem_von_Forresterra at web.de> wrote:
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>> Alan DeKok-4 wrote:
>>>
>>> DaSilva wrote:
>>>> I want to set up a FreeRadius server for WLAN authentification without
>>>> the
>>>> need to change anything on client PCs (because we have so much clients
>>>> that
>>>> this would be to much work).
>>>> Is that possible?
>>>
>>>   No.
>>>
>>>   It's like asking "how do I make the PC be a web server... but I don't
>>> want to install a web server".
>>>
>>>   You have to configure WLAN authentication on the clients in order for
>>> WLAN authentication to work.
>>>
>>>   Alan DeKok.
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>> And is it possible to do this automatically via remote or something else?
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>I believe you misunderstood me. We have many APs which all have their own
>access list, MAC addresses etc. and we want to use a RADIUS server to do
>this for all APs. So that we have a global station where we can change
>something for all APs in our AD. I don't mean authentification via WPA and
>TLS or something like this. So how can I do this or where can I find a
>tutorial / howto for this?
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