[geeks] Simple hotspot with RADIUS auth, using MAC authentication

[Lionel Peterson]

On Apr 1, 2009, at 2:38 PM, Patrick Giagnocavo <patrick at zill.net> wrote:

> OK, I can't believe that none of the openwrt/ddwrt/coova-ap firmware
> loads don't have a way to do this ...
>
> I have a pretty simple desire:
>
> use MAC authentication, with the MACs checked against a RADIUS  
> database
>
> If MAC is in the database, permit access.
>
> Everything I come across talks about setting up WPA2 with RADIUS, or
> other EAP/PEAP/802.1whatever crap that I have no desire to futz with.
> Yes, we know it is not that secure, but then again we have open  
> ethernet
> ports with no kind of MAC security sitting around also.
>
> Does anyone know of a simple way to set up the above, with any of the
> various firmware for the WRTG54 series?

So all you want is MAC filtering, but the MACs are to be checked from  
an (existing) radius DB?

Lionel