I have a WRT54G with the tomato firmware and i don't see anything about 802.1x and DD-WRT says it supports it but i can't find anything about it, i am looking to setup a 802.1x network for my wireless network here in my house, does anyone know a cheap router that supports this?
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802.1X on tomato/DD-WRT firmware
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dandragonrage
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You might need OpenWRT for this, though there may be DD-WRT builds including these kinds of tools.
In DD-WRT, when you configure encryption, if you select one of the enterprise methods, the RADIUS (802.1x) options will appear.
in tomato when i select one of the enterprise options, WPA-Enterprise etc, i then get to choose, encryption, shared key and a field for the radius server, is this the 802.1x setup?
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It's part of it. I figured you wanted to install a radius server.
It's part of it. I figured you wanted to install a radius server.
i know how 802.1x works, but i have never set it up before, i want to set one up here in my home network for learning,
i was looking to setup that freeRADIUS server, i also have server 2003/2008 i could do that but i was wanting to try it without a AD domain just a radius server?
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If you run OpenWRT, it has a RADIUS server available. OpenWRT is harder to set up and use, though. I think DD-WRT might have one available with specialized builds, but I am not 100% sure. But you could run it on your PC if you want. I don't know what else is required as I've never set it up.
When I said I thought you wanted to install a RADIUS server, I meant on the router itself.
When I said I thought you wanted to install a RADIUS server, I meant on the router itself.
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doesn't DD-WRT have their own forums? if so, I'm sure they've run accross this
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doesn't DD-WRT have their own forums? if so, I'm sure they've run accross this
Read the topic again. It's not only about DD-WRT - it was only an example.
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I was hoping we could extrapolate a bit...he said he looked, but not where or for what.Read the topic again. It's not only about DD-WRT - it was only an example.
http://www.linksysinfo.org/forums/archive/index.php?t-51358.html
sounds like tomato cannot be a radius server, but sounds like it can utilize one?
I don't use it, I use DD-WRT.
I just went through setting up a WRT54GL for WPA/Radius authentication to a 2003 server.
First off: DD-WRT was VERY glitchy during this process and I found several threads of serious problems with the current version (24sp1). I used tomato v23, and set it to wpa2/wpa enterprise and configured the server. If you haven't done radius on a 2003 server before I would recommend you find a guide- you have to set up the policy, add the device through IAS.
Switching to tomato was pretty painless- just need to preconfigure the wireless client to not authenticate the server certification (and set the router into client mode, turn off dhcp, etc.)
First off: DD-WRT was VERY glitchy during this process and I found several threads of serious problems with the current version (24sp1). I used tomato v23, and set it to wpa2/wpa enterprise and configured the server. If you haven't done radius on a 2003 server before I would recommend you find a guide- you have to set up the policy, add the device through IAS.
Switching to tomato was pretty painless- just need to preconfigure the wireless client to not authenticate the server certification (and set the router into client mode, turn off dhcp, etc.)
AFAIK, all of these hacked firmwares for the linksys boxes are radius authenticators, which will forward the requests to a radius server. Do you have any documentation that states that OpenWRT/any of the other support a Radius database locally?If you run OpenWRT, it has a RADIUS server available.
When I said I thought you wanted to install a RADIUS server, I meant on the router itself.
AMD_Gamer, the radius services for win2k3/2k8 are part of IAS(which im sure you already knew) and must be joined to a domain. The Radius server for IAS uses the AD database, so you're going to need a domain controller(which can obviously be the same box).
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Google: OpenWRT Freeradius
heh, I never connected to dots when I read about it before..... Guess that's what you get from not reading thoroughly.Google: OpenWRT Freeradius
AMD, I still wouldn't go with freeradius on WRT(especially if you have a better solution at your disposal).. seems like a really weak ass hack and extremely unstable from most of the stuff you can read. Then again, im sure its no surprise to anyone that Im saying that.
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