authenticate user stored in freeradius by other system

Question

need your assistance, im trying to authenticate a user stored in my freeradius+mysql in pfsense (acts as captive portal for wifi users)

AP+-----+PFsense+-----+Internet
            +
            |
            +
        FreeRadius

im pretty sure that my shared secret/ip of my radius is correctly defined in pfsense system. but im not quite sure if my radius allows authentication coming from other systems.

in /etc/raddb/clients.conf

i defined my pfsense as my NAS

     client 192.168.1.1 {
          secret = testing123
          shortname = pfsense
     }

selinux is already disabled.

maybe theres a parameter i needed to change or allow, can you think what else i missed here? thanks.

Arran Cudbard-Bell Arran Cudbard-Bell · Accepted Answer · 2013-04-30T19:32:59

You need to run the server in debugging mode (-X) it will complain if it receives a packet from an unknown client and tell you definitively which IP is being used as the SRC address.

You can then add a client entry with that IP.

authenticate user stored in freeradius by other system

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