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* Click the **Add new** button to add a RADIUS server. | * Click the **Add new** button to add a RADIUS server. | ||
* Select the **Hotspot** service. | * Select the **Hotspot** service. | ||
- | * Specify the IP Address of the RADIUSdesk server running FreeRADIUS. (We use 178.32.59.137) | + | * Specify the IP Address of the RADIUSdesk server running FreeRADIUS. (We use 164.160.89.129) |
- | * Specify the shared secret. (We use RDhostedXYZ2525) | + | * Specify the shared secret. (We use testing123) |
* Since our server is somewhere out on the Internet, we increase the timeout to 5000ms. | * Since our server is somewhere out on the Internet, we increase the timeout to 5000ms. | ||
* Leave **Accounting Backup** unchecked. | * Leave **Accounting Backup** unchecked. | ||
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* Next we will set-up the hotspot | * Next we will set-up the hotspot | ||
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===== Our situation ===== | ===== Our situation ===== | ||
- | * With our setup in this document, we make use of a VPS server that runs RADIUSdesk somewhere in the cloud. (We use our **Radiusdesk Hosted** server.) | + | * The setup described here makes use of a VPS server that runs RADIUSdesk somewhere in the cloud. (We use cloud.radiusdesk.com) |
- | * Recent versions of RADIUSdesk makes it super easy to add a RADIUS client to the FreeRADIUS server | + | * RADIUSdesk makes it super easy to add a RADIUS client to the FreeRADIUS server. |
- | * One simply have to take care of the following items when you are pointing a RADIUS client to the RADIUSdesk server. | + | * Simply |
- | * Specify the public | + | * Public |
* Ensure the site wide shared secret is correct. (Check this with the person who configured the RADIUSdesk server) | * Ensure the site wide shared secret is correct. (Check this with the person who configured the RADIUSdesk server) | ||
- | * Ensure there is a unique identifier the RADIUS client can identify itself to the server. (We did this by setting the **Identity** of the Mikrotik router.) | + | * Ensure there is a unique identifier the RADIUS client can identify itself |
- | * After you took care of that a simply reboot the Mikrotik router while it has an active Internet connection. | + | * After you took care of that simply reboot the Mikrotik router while it has an active Internet connection. |
- | * It should then be reported under the **Unknown Clients** list of the **RADIUS -> Dynamic | + | * It should then be reported under the **Unknown Clients** list of the **RADIUS -> RADIUS Clients** applet. |
+ | * The **Unknown Clients** tab is closed by default. To launch it, click the **Unknown Clients** button in the **RADIUS Clients** | ||
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- | ===== Converting | + | |
+ | ===== Converting | ||
* After the Mikrotik appeared under the **Unknown clients** tab we can convert it to a known client. | * After the Mikrotik appeared under the **Unknown clients** tab we can convert it to a known client. | ||
* Select the unknown client you want to convert and click on the **Attach** button. | * Select the unknown client you want to convert and click on the **Attach** button. | ||
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* After you click the **Next** button this item will be moved to the list of known Dynamic Radius Clients. As you can see this item indicates that it never contacted the RADIUSdesk server. | * After you click the **Next** button this item will be moved to the list of known Dynamic Radius Clients. As you can see this item indicates that it never contacted the RADIUSdesk server. | ||
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* Simply reboot the Mikrotik to confirm that contact is now established: | * Simply reboot the Mikrotik to confirm that contact is now established: | ||
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* This brings us to the end of this section | * This brings us to the end of this section | ||