Login to the pfSense shell with option 8)Shell If you get login failures or rejected login messages try looking at the pfsense radius log first to see if dd-wrt is at least trying to authenticate. Save and Apply all of your settings and then try logging into your new radius wireless network. Goto Wireless -> Wireless Security and select the following option in the screenshot while using the pfSense LAN ip address that you setup previously.ġ1. Goto Wireless -> Radius and select the following options in the screenshot while using the Shared Secret password you entered earlier into pfSenseġ0. Login to your DD-WRT router webUI, goto Wireless -> Basic Settings and enter a wireless network name (SSID) such as myRadiusNetĩ. Goto the Settings tab and make sure that LAN is selected for Listening interface and note the port number (default: 1812)Ĩ. Goto the Clients tab and create a new client that will be used to link DD-WRT as a client to pfSense (for my setup, I used the IP address 192.168.1.2 since that is the address assigned to my testing access point) also enter a secure Shared Secret password that will also be entered in DD-WRTħ. Create a new test user with a username and password that will be used by your mobile computer or device to login to the wireless networkĦ.
Log in to the pfSense webUI () and install the freeradius package located under the menu System -> Packagesĥ.
PfSense is a pretty easy setup so go over to and download the LiveCD with installer and either setup a physical machine or use your favorite virtual machine software to create a test environment.