Wireless Networking

Utilizing RADIUS authentication with Apple Airport Base Stations

• Preparation
• Installation
• Configure Allowed Clients
• Airport Base Station Configuration
• Configure OS X to start Radiator at system startup

Radiator Install

(5) Configure OS X to start Radiator at system start-up

(A) Unpack and move the startup scripts into place

cd /tmp

tar xfBpv radiator-startup.tar

mv radiator /Library/StartupItems/radiator

(B) Add configuration line to /etc/hostconfig

# save a copy of the original

cp /etc/hostconfig /etc/hostconfig.orig

# '>>' appends the text from Echo

(echo "# local config";echo "RADIATOR=-YES-")>>/etc/hostconfig

(C) Startup Radiator

/Library/StartupItems/radiator/radiator start