Access / Servers / Radius

Configuring a Radius server for user authentication in services like vpn or captive portal is easy just go to System ‣ Access ‣ Servers and click on Add server in the top right corner.

Fill in the form:

Descriptive name

radius_test

Enter a descriptive name

Type

Radius

Select Radius

Hostname or IP address

10.10.10.1

Enter the IP of your Radius server

Shared Secret

secret

Shared secret for your Radius server

Services offered

Authentication

Select Authentication,for Captive portal + accounting

Authentication port value

1812

Port number, 1812 is default; for accounting it’s 1813

Authentication Timeout

5

Timeout for Radius to respond on requests

Synchronize groups

Enable to Synchronize groups, requires the option above

Limit groups

Select list of groups that may be considered during sync*

Automatic user creation

When groups are automatically synchronized, this offers the ability to automatically create the user when it doesn’t exist.

Use the tester under System ‣ Access ‣ Tester to test the Radius server.

If you want to use the FreeRADIUS plugin set up the server as 127.0.0.1 and don’t forget to add a Client in the FreeRADIUS configuration.