Hello,

In the "Access Request" (AP -> RADIUS):
one of Attributes,"Calling station", is MAC address of user's   laptop.


Wayne Lee

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anchal Arora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "freeradius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 7:22 PM
Subject: Wireless LAN and RADIUS


> 
> This is with respect to authenticating Wireless LAN (WLAN) users against
> Radius. Related queries and their answers have been posted on this list
> before, hence I have this query.
> 
> In the process of authenticating a WLAN user, the communication between
> WLAN laptop and Access point (AP) is EAP and that between Access Point
> and Radius server is of-course Radius. The AP encapsulates the EAP
> payload into the EAP-Message attribute in Radius for the Radius server
> to authenticate the user.
> 
> The user gets an IP address from a DHCP server and this is done post
> authentication. Is there any mechanism to get the MAC address of the
> user laptop in the Radius request from the AP? Is there any avp for
> this? If the user already has an IP assigned, can the RADIUS server get
> this?
> 
> I would be grateful if anybody has any ideas on this.
> 




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