HowTo: FreeRADIUS EAP/TLS Authentication Server

[imported_wyze]

I'm posting this tutorial so that others who are interested in setting up a EAP/TLS authentication with FreeRADIUS to secure their wifi (or to set up a HIGHLY difficult cracking challenge!). Many thanx go out to others on this forum who have given me a wealth of knowledge, so here goes a little somethin' in return:

Prerequisites:

Linksys WRT54G running DD-WRT firmware (Any router supporting RADIUS or WPA Enterprise should be fine)
Linux Box (I used the wife's Ubuntu machine to test, but this is just about identical to set up in B|T or most other *nix distros)
FreeRADIUS
OpenSSL
A PhD in Stress/Anger Management

Since this tutorial is LONGER than average and will not fit on the thread (thanx goto balding_parrot for enduring my failed attempts last night!), I'm linking a QuickStart document:

QuickStart Version

[elazar]

Awesome work man! I'm gonna test this out over the weekend...

[shamanvirtuel]

nice work brotha ....

i know it's a long time you work on that....

thx to share knowledge ...

cheers

[imported_wyze]

nice work brotha ....

i know it's a long time you work on that....

thx to share knowledge ...

cheers

Thanx SV... It did take me quite a bit of time when I first dove into it: now I can edit the configuration in various flavors in my sleep (and on one occasion in a dream, I think I actually did ).

[dirtscience]

Thank you!
Imagine this, I want to set up freeradius and am having some trouble. google, google, google and get some progress. I then get wise and decide because I am using Backtrack, I decide to come here and search for FreeRadius and I get this thread. Awsome!