On Friday 29 May 2020 04:23:42 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Jo, 28 mai 20, 13:35:38, Joe wrote: > > On Thu, 28 May 2020 07:29:30 -0400 > > > > Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > > > > If one of your machines is always on, and your router can do it > > > > (most can), you could try RADIUS... > > > > > > They are up 24/7. tell me more plz. > > > > The comment was a bit light-hearted, RADIUS can be a beast. Debian > > makes it relatively easy, unless you want to use an authentication > > method not enabled by default, as I did. > > Sorry, but one can't think you are making fun of Gene by even > mentioning RADIUS to him. > Radius may not be so strange to me, as I've been familiar with its head honcho for nearly 35 years, we both traveled largely the same path thru the trs-80 color computer field to get where we are today.
> Why should anyone bother with RADIUS for a wireless with at most a > couple of *trusted* users? > In my case, maybe 5 users total. But I haven't looked at it in several years. And FreeRadius might be just what I'm looking for today. Probably depends on its support/compatibility with dd-wrt. And that question hasn't even been asked yet. Time for some googling I think. Thanks for reminding me of it. > Kind regards, > Andrei Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
