Advice Needed : WPA/RADIUS wireless without Windows Accounts

21 Jul 2006 4:02 PM

dmtechgroup

I have a local real estate office that has about 15 users using
wireless in the building. They only use the network for printing and
internet access. There is a SBS 2003 server for the office staff on
the same netwok but the agents do not log on to this server. They get
their DHCP/DNS from the server but that is it.

Right now we give them a WPA key after they have signed a acceptable
use policy and tell them we will change the key quarterly.

What I would like to do is use a RADIUS server instead. I was thinking
MAC address but see people say not to use that.

What can I use that is simple to manage? MAC address seems very
simple. As long as they are part of the agency their MAC address is in
the DB, when they leave it is taken out.

I saw something about certificates but not fully educated on the ease
of that.

Any help and guidance is greatly appreciated.

22 Jul 2006 5:14 PM

Axel Hammerschmidt

<dmtechgr***@gmail.com> wrote

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> I have a local real estate office that has about 15 users using
> wireless in the building. They only use the network for printing and
> internet access. There is a SBS 2003 server for the office staff on
> the same netwok but the agents do not log on to this server. They get
> their DHCP/DNS from the server but that is it.
>
> Right now we give them a WPA key after they have signed a acceptable
> use policy and tell them we will change the key quarterly.
>
> What I would like to do is use a RADIUS server instead. I was thinking
> MAC address but see people say not to use that.
>
> What can I use that is simple to manage? MAC address seems very
> simple. As long as they are part of the agency their MAC address is in
> the DB, when they leave it is taken out.
>
> I saw something about certificates but not fully educated on the ease
> of that.
>
> Any help and guidance is greatly appreciated.

A Captive Portal. This solution is usually seen at places that offer Hot
Spot access. But it's rather simple and may be of interest.

Zyxel G-4100, read more at

http://tinyurl.com/n4v9m

Or Google for the open source solution NoCatAuth.