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    Captive Portal - Local User Database vs Freeradius

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      stinkfly
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      Hi there,

      Implementing a CP and looking at rolling out about 15-20 users.

      Tossing up between using the Local User Database and Freeradius.  Understand Freeradius has better auditing and identity management, use of OTP, integration into AD and more fine-grained control in general.

      Any other considerations like supported number of users, security etc;  Have others gone through this thought process?

      Cheers
      Stinkfly

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        Gertjan
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        @stinkfly:

        …
        Any other considerations like supported number of users, security etc;  Have others gone through this thought process?

        Checkout this thread - in the very same forum where you posted : [HOWTO] Captive portal + FreeRADIUS + local MySQL user friendly single step  « 1 2 3 4 5 … 9 »

        There is no such limit as "supported users" : your bandwidth will be depleted way before user authentication starts to crawl. Captive Portals with thousands of users online have been seen already.
        Security : well, depends how you set it up ;)

        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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