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Linux and eduroam: RADIUS
A service separate from, but tightly coupled to, eduroam is our RADIUS service. This is the service that authenticates a user, making sure that the username and password typed into the password dialog box (or WPA supplicant) is correct. Authorization … Continue reading
Linux and eduroam: Building for speed and scalability
When upgrading the eduroam infrastructure, there was one goal in mind: increase the bandwidth over the previous one. The old infrastructure made use of a Linux box to perform NAT, netflow and firewalling duties. This can all be achieved with … Continue reading
Linux and eduroam: link aggregation with LACP bonding
In previous posts, I discussed the roles of routing and NATing in the new eduroam infrastructure . In one sense, that is all you need to create a Linux NAT firewall. However, the setup is not very resilient. The resulting … Continue reading
Linux and eduroam: Routing
This is a continuation of the series of blog posts describing the Linux servers in the middle of the new eduroam infrastructure. Packets sent by your eduroam client eventually end up on one of the Linux boxes in the eduroam … Continue reading
Linux’s role in the new eduroam infrastructure
People within Oxford University may be aware that the eduroam service has recently been upgraded to increase its bandwidth, which was saturated on the old infrastructure. This included the replacement of two Linux servers which provide services key to the … Continue reading