At 11:40 AM 11/27/2001 -0400, Matt Ashfield wrote: >Hey All, > >I'm a total newbie to radius, and I apologize ahead of time. I've read the >FAQ, but things are kinda flying high over my head after a few of the >questions. I'm thinking it's the right tool for what I want to do, but wanna >know if it's in the realm of possibility before jumping in full-footed.. > >I have an Internet connection. I have say 10 drops in my building that I >want users to be able to come in, plug into, authenticate and have access to >the Internet. I suppose I'd give them a certain IP address if they >authenticated correctly, and a non-routable one if they did it incorrectly. >But what prevents them from changing tha IP address? Is that on the Radius >Client (ie, the router)? > >Any info you can provide is greatly appreciated.
Look into an Access-Server that supports PPPoE, and can authenticate via Radius. I'd recommend Redback for starters. http://www.redback.com It's not a radius thing, other than the Redback can do per user authentication to a Radius server. -Chris -- \\\|||/// \ Chris Parker - Manager, Development Engineering \ ~ ~ / \ WX *is* Wireless! \ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | @ @ | \ http://www.starnetwx.net \ (847) 963-0116 oOo---(_)---oOo--\------------------------------------------------------ \ Without C we would have 'obol', 'basi', and 'pasal' - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html