Setting up FreeRADIUS 2.0.4 with OpenLDAP backend to do wireless auth

[Alan DeKok]

Jonathan Amiez wrote:
> As the title says, I'm trying to set up FreeRadius to authenticate wireless 
> clients (employees). I just finished deploying a Samba/Ldap domain, and I'd 
> like to take advantage of this user db.
> 
> I already followed several howtos, more or less outdated.

  Why not just install 2.1.8?

> I'm not familiar with the bunch of protocols  coming with radius and 802.1x 
> (PEAP, CHAP, etc.), and I can't find the issue.

  Read the debug output, and look for "peap".  It is *telling* you why
it isn't working.

  See also my web site for instructions on getting EAP to work:

http://deployingradius.com

  Alan DeKok.