Freeradius

look @
http://www.howtoforge.com/authentication-authorization-and-accounting-with-freeradius-and-mysql-backend-and-webbased-management-with-daloradius
http://www.howtoforge.com/wifi-authentication-accounting-with-freeradius-on-centos5

The radius client (vpn server, wireless ap etc) need to be connected over an IP network to the radius server.

The radius client has to be configured on the radius server with its identity (usually IP address) and a shared secret.

It is not possible to have a radius client operating without an IP link to the radius server, but the IP link could be over anything that carries IP traffic as long as there is a route between them

@madunix:
I have tried that solution but it seams to work only in LAN connection not over remote.

@Arnel
I have configured radius as you have mentioned but it is not working for me over remote.

a more detailed description of what you are trying to achieve may be useful

Double check that your server and your clients are using the same port number for RADIUS communication. The new standard is 1812 and 1813, while older clients sometimes use other port numbers.

I assume the networking is OK - that you can ping the server from the client...

@Pergr
When I use "radtest username pass localhost 0 testing"
it is working fine but when i use "radtest username pass 10.10.1.1 0 testing"
its not working.
There is no log created for this.
And I am new to linux too, so not able to figure out wats the reason.

There is a configuration file called clients.conf where you need to include the IP addresses for your clients.

http://wiki.freeradius.org/Clients.conf

Possibly when you do the test the source IP of the request becomes an IP instread of localhost, and so is rejected unless configured.

How did the ping test go?

I have included the client IP in client.conf like
client 10.10.10.1 {
      secret          = testing123
      shortname   = testing
      nastype     = other      
}

but still no response in radtest command.

I do not have that much experience with radtest...

Do you have syslog enabled, and getting logging from freeradius?
Have you tried a RADIUS client on another machine? I think there is even some Windows based clients similar to radtests you can use to test with.

In the Radius log when i give localhost it is logging correctly with the sql connections & the ports accessed.
But trying other IP's wont even log.
I even switched off the IP tables for firewall but still no solution.

I have not tried any clients on other machines.

But one thing I have done and it is working ,
For testing I connected my router through LAN to ubuntu machine where freeradius 2 ( different version from that of centOS ) is running in 192.168.1.2.
Added this 192.168.1.2 IP to my clients.conf.
Enabled chillispot in my router And tried accessing from another machine through wiFi.
I am able to login through hotspotlogin.cgi and everything works fine.

I want this same setup to run through WAN. ie Router is not connected to the radius server through LAN.

Perhaps you have a routing problem?
Can you ping the new radius server from the router?

Yes, When I change my radius settings in my router to the one in remote ie Centos,
I am able to get the page redirected to the web server but no log is created for radius server when i try to login.

I assume the router is another Linux box, or?
Can you ping from its "command line" to the new radius server?

The web server you see is probably running on the router, or?

I have been using like this,

1 linux box with centos has freeradius2 and website (to collect user information) installed
1 router with internet connection configured to redirect to the website using chillispot

When I connect to the router through wifi from a wifi device, I get redirected to the website. But the issue is, I am not getting authenticated. Username and password is available in the mysql table.

Am I missing some thing in this logic? I have not studied radius server and its work environments, just known from forums and blogs.

Please tell me where am I wrong in this scenario.

Thanks.

I have not used that set-up.
Somehow something needs to communicated with the router, and tell it that AUTH was OK so it can let future packets through. Is the router the RADIUS client, or the web server?

Possibly the web server collects user/pass from the browser, and then forward it to the router - and then the router is the RADIUS client and sent it to the RADIUS server for AUTH.

Is that 'ping' OK?

The router is the radius client. and I tried pinging through a wifi system connected to router to the webserver with radius server and i got the relpy.

The port 1812 are open and I have disabled the firewall also.
I think the problem is only radius client.
Can you provide the clean setup for radius client.

Did some quick googling of chilispot, and it seems you radius config is tightly connected to the configuration of the UAM server. Are you running that on the same server as freeradius?

UMA server is one which runs on the DDWRT - the router which i am using.

I have got the solution for this questions.