[GRLUG] WPA2-Enterprise, RADIUS and Linux

[Tim]

On Sun, 2008-05-11 at 04:50 -0400, Michael Mol wrote:
> My wireless network is almost completely set-up.  Since my access
> point can serve as AP to two SSIDs at the same time, with different
> wireless and LAN settings for both, I've got it partitioned out.
> 
> On one hand, I've got a weak-security WEP network for guests and
> family members with mobile devices that don't support WPA2.  On the
> other hand, I've got a strong-security WPA2-Personal with frequent
> group-key changes.  And since the AP support it, I've got the two
> networks on mutually-exclusive subnets, with the AP/router providing
> Internet service to both.
> 
> Since I can, I'd like to switch the stronger network to
> WPA-Enterprise, and have it authenticate clients against my Linux
> desktop's user accounts.  Which means I need to set up a RADIUS
> server.
> 
> I haven't done that before...Any recommendations or caveats?
> 
Just curious,  What AP do you have? Having 2 SSID's does that mean your
AP has 2WNIC's in it? That would be really nice as a repeater without
losing speed.

Tim