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SomeNorwegianGuy
SomeNorwegianGuy

Reputation: 1534

Setting a remote authentication server on a router

I'm looking for a way to set an external authentication server that will work on many/most wireless routers. Or , alternatively several ways that will work on different wireless routers. It needs to be done programmatically, meaning, that a computer connected to the router needs to be able to use some api maybe to do this. I don't know if this is possible, I tried to find answers on Google, but with limited knowledge, I'm not sure that I'm even looking in the right place.

What I'm trying to achieve: I'm trying to create an application that will allow people to open there WIFI so other people can borrow it.

The ide is:

To borrowed wifis: Create an account with the application. Log into the application. This app will, when you are logged in, automatically connect you to a wifi nearby that is shared. The share wifi will only be accessible if you have a valid username-password combo with the application

To share your wifi: From the same application, you go into some menu and press "share this wifi", and somehow, I need this to configure the currently connected router to use the an external authentication server as well as the current WIFI key. So that, people can essentially use their the application username-password combo to log into this router.

Any help is appreciated.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 591

Answers (1)

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x13

Reputation: 2227

Try google-ing for Radius Server , WPA(2) Enterprise , or 802.1x. These keywords are very related.

To setup a radius authentication you need to have a router which supports wpa(2) enterprise and a radius server (probably google-able how to setup on windows/linux).

Programmatically connecting is possible, only a bit more difficult because it uses wpa(2) enterprise authentication.

If you could supply some more details i should be able to help you further.

Upvotes: 5

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