well if my AP does not support RADIUS then there should be a middle machine that takes the packets from the AP, encapsulate them in RADIUS format and sends them to the RADIUS server. What i don't understand is what kind of software this machine should have. Could you tell me?
> -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Per conto di > Simon White > Inviato: luned� 25 novembre 2002 11.23 > A: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Oggetto: Re: R: R: system architecture > > > 25-Nov-02 at 11:12, Maurizio Martinoli > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > > I know that RADIUS is an authentication mechanism, what i don't > > understand is that if my AP does not support RADIUS (so it > works just > > as a hub) who sends the RADIUS queries to the RADIUS server? There > > must be another machine between the AP and the RADIUS, am i right? > > What kind of machine should this be? > > If your AP doesn't support Radius, then you need something > else to authenticate your users. I can't see how you can > acheive this easily without some kind of Firewall with > Authentication type thing. > > Your AP vendor may have an authentication firmware / plugin / > separate box thing. That is not for the list to know since > you haven't told us who the vendor is or what AP you're using. > > -- > |-Simon White, Internet Services Manager, Certified Check Point CCSA. > |-MTDS Internet, Security, Anti-Virus, Linux and Hosting Solutions. > |-MTDS 14, rue du 16 novembre, Agdal, Rabat, Morocco. -MTDS tel > |+212.3.767.4861 - fax +212.3.767.4863 > > - > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See > http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html > - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
