Ugo, We use VPN tunnels for this purpose. L2TP + IPSEC. XP, Vista and Mac OSX have built in support. Unlike PPPoE, this works across multiple ethernet segments, allowing for a single centrally located VPN server. The internal network is entirely private IPs. Upon VPN establishment, a public or private IP is allocated by radius. Encryption is an added bonus. The latency is greater than with PPPoE, but it's tolerable. Concurrent sessions can be limited, preventing theft by neighbors. The user/pass pair is remembered by the client, meeting your desire to avoid continual prompting. I'm confident that there are other good options. We like this model because it is network infrastructure agnostic.
ted On Tue, 29 Jan 2008, Ugo Bellavance wrote: > Ugo Bellavance wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I was wondering about authentication. The equipment is from SkyPilot >> and we were wondering what to use for authentication. The end-user will >> be using a standard WiFi card (integrated, or USB) to access the >> wireless network. We want the setup to be one-time (not a >> username/password prompt each time the user opens his browser). This is >> the same project of max 300 clients in apartment buildings. I was >> thinking about keeping all the accounts in a RADIUS server and use >> WPA-Radius. >> >> Any input would be appreciated. > > Second try... How do you guys perform authentication? Do you all > provide your clients with CPE? Is there anyone in my situation where > they need authentication because clients use their own equipment? > > Regards, > > Ugo Belavance > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
