Can a wpa_supplicant talk to a Free Radius server without a NAS in between?

Alan DeKok aland at deployingradius.com
Wed Mar 3 03:36:03 CET 2010


R C wrote:
> Sorry about the multiple questions.
> 
> But, I really didnt get what tool to use for the following question  :(

  I said:  See eapol_test.  It's included with wpa_supplicant.

> 4. Are they good for scalability testing or should I look out for other
> open source wpa supplicants/NASs?
> 
> I will be grateful if you can answer this again for me please. Thanks
> again for reading my message.

  I said:  See eapol_test.  It's included with wpa_supplicant.

> Also, in question #2,  what processes are you referring to? please shed
> some light on this. sorry again.
> 
> 2. When you say "Just run 5-6 processes at the same time.", can one
> interface be used to send out multiple simultaneous wpa supplicant
> requests? If yes, how many wpa client sessions can i generate on 1
> interface?

  I said: See eapol_test.  It's included with wpa_supplicant.

  If you go read the documentation for what eapol_test is, and what it
does, your question (2) is answered.

  You need to read the answers on this list, and follow the
instructions.  You've asked the same questions *repeatedly* when it's
clear you haven't bothered to look at eapol_test.

  Alan DeKok.



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