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Carla Schroder
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FreeRADIUS and Linux Secure Your WLAN
The RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) protocol has...
FreeRADIUS and Linux for Your WLAN
Last week we had an bird's-eye of the current...
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How to: Connect a Remote PC Using a Wireless Laptop
I had an interesting problem recently. I have my little computer lab way down at the far end of the house in a small bedroom. Way down at the opposite end of the house...
Linux Wi-Fi Works with wicd
Wireless management on Linux is a bit of a hodge-podge, especially for roaming users. NetworkManager, KWifiManager, and various other utilities that have come and gone all attempt to make managing different network connections easy....
VoIPowering Your Office: Provisioning, Attending, and Active Directorying
Last week we hit a few bumps getting sipXecs installed, thanks to an odd quirk on my test server. But we did get it up and running, so today we're going to look at...
VoIPowering Your Office: Siproxd Trumps NAT
Getting SIP (session initiation protocol) traffic through NAT (network address translation) firewalls is a beastly problem, and Siproxd is a good, easy-to-use SIP proxy that conquers the beast. There are many SIP proxies, but...
Wireless Authentication and Encryption with Zeroshell Linux
Zeroshell, if you haven't heard of it yet, is a robust specialized Linux distribution for embedded routers and network gateways. It does:
Routing
Firewalling
Proxying
Wireless access point
Captive portal
VPN (virtual private network)
Network...
VoIPowering Your Office: Reduce Hair Loss with VoIP Gateways
The VoIP world has something for everyone, from hardcore do-it-yourselfers
to folks who would rather hire everything done. There are also a lot of in-between
options, so today we're...
VoIPowering Your Office: Waiting For Videophones
VoIP was supposed to bring cheap and easy videophones and video-conferencing
to the masses. Webcams are all but free, and TV shows love to tease us with
full-screen, full-color,...
FreeRADIUS and Linux for Your WLAN
Last week we had an bird's-eye of the current state of wireless security protocols, and a quick peek at using a RADIUS server for authentication, authorization, and accounting. Today we shall configure FreeRADIUS to...
