i am only talking about the authentication, i am not talking about the transferred data, don't worry. If the AP works just as a HUB what kind of machine should i have between the AP and the RADIUS?
> -----Messaggio originale----- > Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Per conto di > Simon White > Inviato: luned� 25 novembre 2002 11.59 > A: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Oggetto: Re: R: R: R: system architecture > > > 25-Nov-02 at 11:51, Maurizio Martinoli > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote : > > 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? > > Eh? > > You're missing the point of authentication I think. You are > surely not going to authenticate EVERY packet via Radius are > you? You usually use authentication to determine whether > someone even gets an IP to be able to use the network in the > first place, you can't send every packet through some kind of > approval server...! > > -- > |-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
