Setting up external Radius server for Hotspot authentication: Difference between revisions

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Summary

In this example we will perform a basic external Radius server configuration and test it with RUT device for Hotspot authentication. We will use freeradius package to set up a local Radius server on Ubuntu operating system. A router with a public IP address will be directly connected to the Radius server and forward authentication requests to a LAN IP address of the server via default Radius ports.

Prerequisites

RUT1 - Router with a Public IP address to make local server able to accept external authentication requests
Ubuntu machine - To host a local freeradius server
RUT2 - To configure Hotspot and test Radius authentication method using our installed server

Preparing Ubuntu machine

Firstly, update the package list and upgrade to the latest packages:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

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+==Summary==
+In this example we will perform a basic external Radius server configuration and test it with RUT device for Hotspot authentication. We will use ''freeradius'' package to set up a local Radius server on Ubuntu operating system. A router with a public IP address will be directly connected to the Radius server and forward authentication requests to a LAN IP address of the server via default Radius ports.
+==Prerequisites==
+*RUT1 - Router with a Public IP address to make local server able to accept external authentication requests
+*Ubuntu machine - To host a local freeradius server
+*RUT2 - To configure Hotspot and test Radius authentication method using our installed server
+==Preparing Ubuntu machine==
+Firstly, update the package list and upgrade to the latest packages:
+<pre>
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt upgrade
+</pre>