Re: Some basic advice needed: RADIUS "light"

Finally I Got IAS configured so it does satisfy my needs.

No response required.

Thanks,

Armin.

Armin Linder wrote:
Hi everyone,

I am planning to make my first steps in the RADIUS world. The objective is to use RADIUS to do some basic authentication for simple devices like routers and switches to centralize management passwords.

Seen from the device side I can enter a username, a password and the IP address of the RADIUS server. Seems to be pretty easy.

I tried to install Microsofts IAS service on top of my existing Active Directory infrastructure and soon got lost in a jungle of blablabla about protocols, certificates and design strategies for worldwide corporate PKI infrastructures, Policy based access strategies and such, which I currently am not interested in.

* Is there a fairly easy and straightforward documentation from MS or anyone else about how to set up a very basic RADIUS server using Windows 2003 services doing nothing but authentication for simple boxes? Is IAS indeed a *must* or is tehre a simpler way?

* I feel that the MS software is probably way too big for what I intend to do. If so, is there a different RADIUS server software for the Windows 2003 platform available that does the job? The only thing I consider a "must" is AD support, I do not wish to maintain two different user/password databases.

Thnx,

Armin
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