more radius/wireless questions

[chuck]

tried over on the client forum...no answer.

so here goes:

I've seen many threads about how the radius server that comes w/
Bordermanager won't work for wireless authentication, use freeradius on
linux, etc, etc etc. (I don't *have* a linux box, thankyou! ;)

found this TID: 10098699

-goal:
can a wireless access point (WAP) use Bordermanager and RADIUS for
Wireless authentication?

fact:
NBM 3.8

Fix:

Yes, any Wireless Access Point (WAP) can use RADIUS for wireless
authentication, as long as it is RADIUS enabled.-

what am I not getting??
Is the TID wrong? I notice that it doesn't say "802.1x"
anywhere...perhaps that part isn't actually necessary??

--
chuck

[Craig Johnson]

In article <chuck....@no-mx.nds_engineer.com>, Chuck wrote:
> Yes, any Wireless Access Point (WAP) can use RADIUS for wireless
> authentication, as long as it is RADIUS enabled.-
>
> what am I not getting??
> Is the TID wrong? I notice that it doesn't say "802.1x"
> anywhere...perhaps that part isn't actually necessary??
>

There is RADIUS, and there are newer extensions to RADIUS that are not
included in NMAS RADIUS.

If you are simply passing a user ID and password to a RADIUS server,
NMAS RADIUS can work. You can set it up and test it with NTRADPING.
(I have a short guide at the URL below detailing how to configure NMAS
RADIUS).

If you are trying to use the newer eap/leap functions, NMAS RADIUS
doesn't support it. I think that is where the 802.x stuff comes into
play.

Craig Johnson
Novell Support Connection SysOp
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