Wifi to authenticate with local user database without captive portal?

Hi,

Good question.

Yes it is possible but the prerequisites are:

• Sophos Firewall with Wireless Protection
• Sophos AP (either an AP10, AP15, AP30, AP50, AP55/c, AP100/c/x)
• Windows Server 2008 R2
• Radius Server

You can refer this link for configuration and setup.

community.sophos.com/.../122790

Hope that helps :)

Thanks

Sachin Gurung

Thanks Sachin,

But, we wanted to configure this option without having to use any external servers.. No ADs, no Radius..

Just autheticating using local databases to the sophos.

Someone mentioned to me that it might not be possible now, but that it might be in the works..

Hi,

The technical functionality which you are trying to deploy is known as EAP - Extensible Authentication Protocol, It is defined in RFC 3748, which made RFC 2284 obsolete, and was updated by RFC 5247. Unfortunately, this is not possible without a Radius Server.

Thanks

Sachin Gurung

Is it possible without a Sophos AP