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Dot x1 and wi-fi
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 7:30 pm
by blackoutfolo
Hello,
I would like to have help setting up Dot x1 with a radius server built-in into Mikrotik. What I'm trying to do is to connect a wifi router to ethernet port of mikrotik and have EAP authentication username and password when connecting to the wifi network. I couldn't find any tutorials. I read the Dot x1 documentation on the Mikrotik site but I don't understand very well.
Re: Dot x1 and wi-fi
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 7:41 pm
by sindy
802.1x is aimed to connecting end devices such as computers to electrical/optical Ethernet ports. The device must authenticate before the port gets open for normal traffic, and the port setup may accommodate to that device's profile. So in your case, the WiFi router would authenticate itself, not the individual wireless clients connecting to it. Wireless clients use the same authentication method (EAP), often called WPA(2)-enterprise, like 802.1x does on Ethernet.
What is worse - Mikrotik's embedded RADIUS server, the "User Manager", supports EAP only in the 7.x version which is still in beta testing phase.
Re: Dot x1 and wi-fi
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 9:21 pm
by blackoutfolo
Okay. It's understood. if i choose to go with beta 7 (it doesn't bother me at all) can you help me with commands to complete the configuration?
Re: Dot x1 and wi-fi
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 9:26 pm
by sindy
Currently not, because I haven't given a try to 7.0 yet.
Re: Dot x1 and wi-fi
Posted: Wed May 06, 2020 9:40 pm
by bpwl
There is one post about the new user manager and using Radius for EAP.
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=185562&p=788972
So far 7.0beta5 did not work for Windows clients. It works OK for other devoces Android at least.