(RADIATOR) Radiator/Wireless/DHCP

Bon sy bon at bunny.cs.qc.edu
Mon Mar 24 08:50:09 CST 2003 

Hi Robert and Hugh,

	You can use Orinoco AP with Radiator under DHCP. This is exactly
what I have set up, and can attest that this configuration for MAC
address authentication and accounting works beautifully. Specifically, you
can configure Orinoco AP to work with RADIUS while handing out
dynamic IPs. The problem described seems like a networking configuration
issue.

Bon




On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Robert Torres wrote:

> Hello Hugh and Everyone.
> 
> My main goal is
> 
> User comes into our Network with Orinoco Wireless card
> User connect to our AP Unit(Orinoco Access point)
> Access point sends MAC address for authentication to radius server
> Radius Server gives access 
> DHCP server then gives it a IP address to use.
> 
> As I am testing the software I notice that the Laptop states that it can
> not find a DHCP server. It is communicating fine with AP Unit.
> 
> I actually initiated the program from the command line with trace 4:
> "C:\perl\bin>perl radiusd -config_file
> c:\progra~1\radiator\radius\raddb\radiis.cfg -trace 4"
> 
> I am personally sending you an attachment of my Orinoco configuration.
> If it's ok with you, I would not like to have this information public. I
> know that I have configured everything correctly.
> 
> 
> 
> Thank you, 
> 
> Robert Torres
> Unit Computing Manager
> Rutgers University
> 973-353-1821
> http://torres.rutgers.edu
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hugh Irvine [mailto:hugh at open.com.au] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 4:50 PM
> To: rmtorres at andromeda.rutgers.edu
> Cc: radiator at open.com.au
> Subject: Re: (RADIATOR) Radiator/Wireless/DHCP
> 
> 
> Hello Robert -
> 
> Thanks for sending the details.
> 
> To get a trace 4 debug, add "Trace 4" to the top of your configuration  
> file (and restart).
> 
>  From what you are saying, the laptop appears to be successfully  
> authenticating from Radiator?
> 
> I do not have any detailed knowledge about the Orinoco Access Point,  
> but it may be that if it is configured to use radius for  
> authentication, it will not use DHCP for address allocation? Note that  
> the radius protocol itself supports fixed IP addresses in the response  
> from the radius server.
> 
> regards
> 
> Hugh
> 
> 
> On Friday, Mar 21, 2003, at 06:41 Australia/Melbourne,  
> <rmtorres at andromeda.rutgers.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Hello Everyone:
> >
> > Equipement:
> > 1. Wireless Acess Point (Orinoco AP 1000)
> > 2. Wireless Laptop with Buitin Wireless card (Truemobile-Dell)
> > 3. Radiator Software (latest demo version)(Running on DHCP Server)
> > 4. DHCP Server (Windows 2k Server)
> >
> >
> > Files and Settings:
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> > -----
> >
> > radius.log file(Location C:\Program Files\Radiator\Radius\log\radius):
> > Thu Mar 20 13:52:15 2003: DEBUG: Reading users file C:\Program
> > Files\Radiator\Radius\raddb/users
> > Thu Mar 20 13:52:15 2003: DEBUG: Finished reading configuration file
> > 'c:\progra~1\radiator\radius\raddb\radius.cfg'
> > Thu Mar 20 13:52:15 2003: DEBUG: Reading dictionary file 'C:\Program
> > Files\Radiator\Radius\raddb\dictionary'
> > Thu Mar 20 13:52:16 2003: DEBUG: Creating authentication port  
> > 0.0.0.0:1812
> > Thu Mar 20 13:52:16 2003: DEBUG: Creating accounting port 0.0.0.0:1646
> > Thu Mar 20 13:52:16 2003: INFO: Server started: Radiator 3.5 on
> > rbseng-wireless-2 (DEMO)
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> > ----
> >
> > Logfile (location:C:\Program Files\Radiator\Radius\log\radius)
> > Empty.
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> > ----
> >
> > radius.cfg file: (location:C:\Program Files\Radiator\Radius\raddb)
> > # radius.cfg
> > #
> > # This is a very simple radius.cfg that you can use to get started.
> > # only the most important parameters are set here. The full set
> > # of parameters can be seen in radius.cfg in the top of the  
> > distribution
> > tree.
> > #
> > # As it stands, it will authenticate a single client and a
> > # single realm from a flat file
> > # database, and save the accounting info to a single details file.
> > #
> > # Author: Mike McCauley (mikem at open.com.au)
> > # Copyright (C) 1997 Open System Consultants
> > # $Id: radius.cfg,v 1.3 1999/01/28 05:13:52 mikem Exp $
> >
> > # Set this to the directory where your logfile and details file are to
> 
> > go
> > LogDir C:\Program Files\Radiator\Radius\log\radius
> >
> > # Set this to the database directory. It should contain these files:
> > # users           The user database
> > # dictionary      The dictionary for your NAS
> > DbDir C:\Program Files\Radiator\Radius\raddb
> >
> > #Radius Dictionary File
> > DictionaryFile %D\dictionary
> >
> > # This clause defines a single client to listen to
> > <Client 165.230.XXX.XXX>
> > 	Secret   XXXXXX
> > </Client>
> >
> > # For testing: this allows us to honour requests from radpwtst
> > # on the same host.
> > <Client localhost>
> > 	Secret mysecret
> > 	DupInterval 0
> > </Client>
> >
> > #Listen to Authentication request on Port #1812
> > AuthPort 1812
> >
> > #Logfile goes in C:\Program Files\Radiator\Radius\log\radius, by year
> 
> > number
> > LogFile %L\%Y-radius.log
> >
> > # This clause handles all users from all realms by looking them up
> > # in the users file at /usr/local/etc/raddb/users
> > <Realm DEFAULT>
> > 	<AuthBy FILE>
> > 		# The filename defaults to %D\users
> > 	</AuthBy>
> > 	# Log accounting to the detail file in LogDir
> > 	AcctLogFileName	%L\detail
> > </Realm>
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> > -----
> >
> > users file (location:C:\Program Files\Radiator\Radius\raddb)
> > 00022d55a85a2 User-Password = 00022d55a85a2, Service-Type =
> Framed-User
> >    Framed-Protocol =PPP, Framed-IP-Netmask = 255.255.255.0
> >    Framed-Routing = Broadcast-Listen, Framed-MTU = 1500
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> > -----
> > Dictionary file (location:C:\Program Files\Radiator\Radius\raddb)
> > Standard file from goodies/ area.
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> > -----
> > Running Radiusd command:(from command prompt)
> > C:\PERL\BIN>perl radiusd -config_file
> > c:\progra~1\radiator\radius\raddb\radius.cfg -trace 4
> >
> > This Radiator license will expire on 2003-06-01
> > This Radiator license will stop operating after 1000 requests
> > To purchase an unlimited full source version of Radiator, see
> > http://www.open.com.au/ordering.html
> > To extend your evaluation period, contact admin at open.com.au
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> > -----
> > AP 1000
> > 1. setup with 1 dummy MAC address in the AC list
> > 2. Setup to connect to a radius server on Port 1812
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> > -----
> > Communication between Laptop and AP 1000 is excellent
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> > -----
> > Installation tests where succesful following the reference manuals  
> > Pages:
> > 4.1 Activestate install
> > 4.3 Notes for Pc installers
> > 5.0 Post installation
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> > -----
> >
> > Problem:
> > Laptop does not pick up IP from the DHCP server.
> >
> > Thank you for any suggestions you may provide!
> >
> > Robert Torres
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> NB: have you included a copy of your configuration file (no secrets),
> together with a trace 4 debug showing what is happening?
> 
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