We are looking for someone to setup a Radius server to authenticate our Nationwide Dial-Up service that we are going to be getting through our provider. Our requirements are:

1) There has to be a web-based password protected area that our staff can add, suspend, delete accounts, along with checking them for connectivity and errors. We also need to be able to add IP's to the DHCP pool as needed, and assign those that need static IP addresses to the accounts through this GUI. In basic, everything needs to be able to be controled from the web.

2) Obviously has to work with the provider we are going with. Testing will be done after turn up with the provider.

3) This can be either Linux based, or 2000/NT based in the scripting language of your choice.

I know there is software out there for this type of stuff, and there are free versions of Radius for Linux, we just do not have the time to build something like this. I posted in another thread, if you already have something like this for Linux or 2000/NT that you are willing to sell to us, that would be a huge plus.

Obviously we will go with the most reasonable quote for custom builds, as long as they do not exceed what we could purchase the software outright for. (Currently we can buy the RadTac Radius for 2000/NT for about $800)

Thank you and please email your quotes/replies to farena@nodehosting.com

I've never heard of someone that used a wholesaler needing to add IPs to the DHCP pool. Are you sure about that? Generally the NASs keep track of the IPs themselves and deal with the routing.

Although, I could see having a need for it with those that got static IPs.

By what we are told from the provider that we are going with, we are going to have to supply the IP addresses. I will verify this tommorow, but I believe that is what they have stated.

Originally posted by JTY
I've never heard of someone that used a wholesaler needing to add IPs to the DHCP pool. Are you sure about that? Generally the NASs keep track of the IPs themselves and deal with the routing.


Actually, it's not unheard of. Some companies prefer to use their own IP Blocks, it certainly makes sense with a dedicated radius server, nad it makes accounting easier.

Nodehost -- I'm a little concerned about something: are you only going to set up a single Radius server? Most national ISPs have at least two Radius servers, one on each coast. A single Radius server seems like a bad idea.

For now, one. We have no clients as of yet because we have not rolled out this service. As we get more and more going, then yes, we are going to add in more as needed - we have up to 4 servers already ready to go if needed. But once again, I need some sort of software, and we have gotten alot of great input so far as to the freewares and the others out there for Linux, which is what I am starting to lean tward in all of this. All of us know how stable MS is, and I really don't want something this critical once going to be fuzzed.....

Hmmm, interesting... I imagine that would be somewhat dependant on the size of the ISP.

Originally posted by uuallan


Actually, it's not unheard of. Some companies prefer to use their own IP Blocks, it certainly makes sense with a dedicated radius server, nad it makes accounting easier.

Nodehost -- I'm a little concerned about something: are you only going to set up a single Radius server? Most national ISPs have at least two Radius servers, one on each coast. A single Radius server seems like a bad idea.

Originally posted by JTY
Hmmm, interesting... I imagine that would be somewhat dependant on the size of the ISP.



Or the size they intend to become ;)