Radius questions

[accessonline]

Ok, here is what we want to do:

We have 5 Star-OS APs in operation - and now installing 7 more, and currently we have been giving each user an IP address directly in their Ethernet TCP/IP settings on their PC, using various radios (DL 810+, DL900AP+, Hawking, CB3 etc) to connect them. Obviously, tracking all the IP addresses and having them re-program them if they get a new PC etc is a pain and we want to simplify it.

We have been a dialup provider for 8 years, and have used Radius for authentication and accounting the entire time... we have integrated it into our billing for tracking a customers usage, sessions etc.

We would like to automate the AP connections as much as possible, so each new installation is as easy as turning on the PC and it is assigned the IP address, DNS, gateway etc from the AP using our current Radius.

What are the options to do this? If we had the MAC address from the users NIC, can we program radius to authenticate them by MAC address and assign the customer an IP address, DNS and gateway... and also set their CBQ rules?

We have heard of PPPoE but if I understand it correctly, that requires a client be installed on the customer PC, and we want to avoid that if possible. Ideally, we want a user to buy a new PC or router, call or email us the MAC address, we plug it into our radius database for that user (the database includes the IP address we assigned their account) and they are on.

Is that what Radius authentication can do for us?

Thanks!

[lonnie]

The hotspot with DHCP auto-auth and Radius will do what you wnat. Since you have the radius server already you wll have an easy job of that part and the accounting will be useful to you.

There is a quick start in the main Hotspot. You should be running quite easily.

[accessonline]

The hotspot with DHCP auto-auth and Radius will do what you wnat. Since you have the radius server already you wll have an easy job of that part and the accounting will be useful to you.

There is a quick start in the main Hotspot. You should be running quite easily.

Wow.

Ok, here we go.... (I assume there is not documentation on setting this up, that I have to ask here):

1- You said there is a quick start in the main hotspot... I dont see a quickstart anywhere, where is that?

2- I looked thru the radius files on the star-os download page, but I don't see where they authenticate by MAC address. Where is that done?

3- We don't want a hot spot, we just want to authenticate users by MAC using a radius database so we can automate it with our billing. All we want to do is get the MAC from the customer and add it to the radius, and have the user assigned an IP address, gateway, DNS and CBQ control. Is this possible?

4- Is there more documentation around, or do we keep plugging in the forum?

Thanks.