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    Pfsense + FreeRadius: Force authentication?

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    • ?
      A Former User
      last edited by

      Hi,

      How can you configure FreeRadius on pfSense such that it is a requirement to have valid Radius authentication in order to pass the firewall?

      I.e. no traffic should pass on the network without valid credentials.

      Regards,
      Rob.

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        You can't do that directly, but if you setup Captive Portal with RADIUS auth backend, that gets you closer.

        Or if your switch / AP / layer 2 supports 802.1x you can do that before it ever reaches the firewall.

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          A Former User
          last edited by

          Hi,

          Thanks, my switches do support RADIUS, so I will see about switching that on.

          I was kind of expecting that pfSense would have the same kind of support for enabling RADIUS for any connectivity to it, maybe that was an incorrect assumption.

          Regards,
          Rob.

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