Hi All,
I am a beginner in mikrotik, and I was wondering.. If I want to link multiple mikrotik servers remotely to one radius server, as long as every single server uses its local radius server for authentication, and just the users activity reports (i.e. login time,logout time, time left, duration, mac addr…etc) can be uploaded to one centralized radius server.. is that possible? if yes.. how?
Please help because it very important to me
Thanks in advance
http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:RADIUS_Client
If RADIUS accounting is enabled, accounting information is also sent to the RADIUS server default for that service.
Either set the RADIUS accounting server for the service to be the central accounting server, or use the local authentication servers for accounting and configure them to forward / proxy accounting to the central server. How you do that depends on what local RADIUS authentication server you use.
I assume that every mikrotik server uses the local radius server (127.0.0.1), the user manager’s if I am not wrong
Please be patient with me, what kind of radius server I should use as central radius to receive the accounting reports of every single mikrotik server linked to it?
No, it doesn’t have to use User Manager. User Manager is just a RADIUS server made by Mikrotik (and in my opinion a fairly limited one). Any other RADIUS server would work for authentication. It doesn’t have to be locally installed, either. In fact, unless you’re married to the idea of local authentication server you gain benefits by doing the authentication centralized, too. I like FreeRADIUS, but there are plenty of options out there. You should do some research and pick one based in your priorities. Some are more customizable than others, others are easier to use.