https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/ 2026-04-21T10:24:22+00:00 https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/ https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/_media/wiki/logo.png text/html 2016-05-31T08:18:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/activity_monitor?rev=1464682684&do=diff Activity monitor applet * The Activity monitor applet shows you: * Current connected users. * Historical data about who was connected and when. View Users Login History * Click on the Activity Monitor Icon on the homepage of RADIUSdesk. The Activity Monitor Window opens. text/html 2016-05-29T14:21:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/ap_overview?rev=1464531707&do=diff RADIUSdesk Structure overview Consider the following diagram: Let us briefly describe each of the items inside the diagram and how they relate to each other. Access Provider * The root user of RADIUSdesk can create Access Providers. These Access Providers in turn can create sub-providers up to n-levels deep. text/html 2016-08-15T20:08:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/apd_overview?rev=1471291704&do=diff Introduction MESHdesk is used to centrally manage various Batman-adv based mesh networks and APdesk is used to centrally manage single Access Points. * If you just signed up a restaurant chain and need to supply WiFi country wide to their 75 locations, then text/html 2016-05-11T09:17:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/apd_practical?rev=1462958270&do=diff APdesk - A Practical Example * You have been tasked to supply the various locations of the Bean There coffee shops with: * A Hotspot service for the clients. * Secure WiFi connection for the staff. * They have 30 locations spread across the major cities of the country. text/html 2016-06-12T20:45:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/click_to_connect_howto?rev=1465764347&do=diff Steps for a Click-To-Connect Login Page Create the Click-to-Connect Profile Weather you want to limit your click-to-connect users for one hour or one day or 1 GB of data, something you have to add to the Profile Component you choose is an attribute set that will text/html 2016-08-07T20:26:23+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/dynamic_login_page_howto?rev=1470601583&do=diff Create a Login Page For a captive portal you need a login page. RADIUSdesk helps you create a custom login page for each customer. Follow these instructions. * Click on the MENU button in the top left corner of the RADIUSdesk home page. * A Drop-down with items appear. text/html 2016-05-09T13:36:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/dynamic_login_pages_overview?rev=1462800994&do=diff Dynamic Login Pages Overview Consider the above diagram. Introduction Dynamic Login Pages are the custom welcoming page when users connect to the Hotspot. You can create a login page with custom user fields, themes and graphics. Dynamic Login Pages provides an easy and central way to manage login pages for CoovaChilli and Mikrotik Captive Portals. text/html 2017-04-08T01:34:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/login_multi_language?rev=1491615242&do=diff Dynamic Login Pages - Support for Multiple Languages Background * RADIUSdesk is used across the globe today. * In many of these places where RADIUSdesk are used, English is not the native language spoken. In fact some places might not even understand English. text/html 2016-06-12T13:10:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_adding_cpe?rev=1465737050&do=diff Adding CPEs as clients to a MESHdesk mesh * So you have just finished deploying a nice mesh at a gated community. (<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gated_community>) * The body corporate is very happy with their investment until one of the customers started the following conversation: " What about my wireless printer? and the kids games? text/html 2016-08-15T19:52:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_edit?rev=1471290746&do=diff Making changes to your Mesh * Click on the MESHdesk icon on the Radiusdesk home page. * Click on the mesh you want to edit in the MESHdesk window and click on Edit in the Action Toolbar. The Edit Mesh Window opens. Depending on the changes you want to make, browse through the tabs in the Edit Mesh window to add, edit or delete settings, entry points, exit points or node settings. text/html 2016-06-12T17:26:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_firmware_how_it_works?rev=1465752364&do=diff How the MESHdesk firmware works * The following flow diagram indicates the steps a node takes to fetch its settings. ---------- A typical Request and Reply What the node requests from the server * We assume the node is a gateway node with a MAC Address of AC:86:74:10:03:08 and the MESHdesk server is on 192.168.99.1. text/html 2016-09-07T06:38:59+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_firmware?rev=1473230339&do=diff MESHdesk firmware * MESHdesk firmware is build using OpenWrt. * You can download pre-build firmware images from this URL: <http://sourceforge.net/projects/radiusdesk/files/MESHdesk/Firmware/> * If you are more technical and want to build your own firmware, you can follow the documentation under the Technical discussions text/html 2016-11-05T20:54:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_flash_firmware?rev=1478379294&do=diff Steps to flash and configure your Router to work with MESHdesk These are the steps to take to get your system working on Meshdesk: * Buy a supported router. The list of supported routers is here- Supported hardware * Download the latest firmware for your router from sourceforge.net here- text/html 2016-06-12T12:36:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_implement_high_speed?rev=1465735004&do=diff Implementing a high speed mesh using TP-Link N600 TL-WRD3500 dual radio nodes * This Wiki page will take a hands on approach showing the steps I've taken to get to a high speed mesh using standard off the shelve hardware. * We assume the following: text/html 2016-06-28T19:48:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_new_captive_portal_mesh?rev=1467143283&do=diff Add a Captive Portal to your Mesh Here is how to add a Captive Portal to your existing mesh: * Click on the MESHdesk icon on the Radiusdesk home page. * Click on the mesh you want to add the captive portal to in the MESHdesk window and click on Edit in the Action Toolbar. The Edit Mesh Window opens. text/html 2016-06-26T21:16:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_new_simple_mesh?rev=1466975790&do=diff Creating a simple Mesh Once you have flashed and pointed your devices to your Radiusdesk Server as explained here , you can now pull these devices into a mesh. In this tutorial we will set up a simple mesh without a captive portal that requires usernames and passwords. text/html 2016-11-05T20:49:09+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_node_config_utility?rev=1478378949&do=diff MESHdesk Node Config Utility * As of October 2016 we have released a fresh version of the MESHdesk Node Config Utility to include new features not supported yet in the industry. * This page will discuss the new MESHdesk Node Config Utility. We will divide the discussion into segments similar to the tabs of the text/html 2016-08-12T20:29:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_nodes_tools?rev=1471033767&do=diff Remotely Manage Mesh nodes Once your mesh is set up, the MESHdesk Applet has various features to let you manage the mesh. * Click on the MESHdesk icon on the Radiusdesk home page. * The window opens on the Meshes tab. * Click on the Mesh you want to work with. text/html 2016-11-17T14:13:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_on_lede_https?rev=1479392010&do=diff Include support for HTTPS on CoovaChilli Introduction * In recent years many well known websites are now by default served through https (server on port 443 and includes encryption) * CoovaChilli was originally only capturing http traffic (served on port 80 and does not include encryption) text/html 2016-11-21T21:58:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_on_lede_luci?rev=1479765509&do=diff Building the MESHdesk firmware on LEDE to include LuCI Introduction * LuCI is the standard Web User Interface that comes with OpenWRT. * LuCI comes with a few themes to choose from. * LuCI is easy to extend and uses MVC architecture. * If the device you plan to install the MESHdesk firmware on has 8M Flash or more, you can include LuCI with the firmware. text/html 2017-04-09T02:56:25+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_on_lede?rev=1491706585&do=diff Building MESHdesk firmware using the LEDE Project What is the LEDE Project? " The LEDE project is founded as a spin-off of the OpenWrt project and shares many of the same goals. We are building an embedded Linux distribution that makes it easy for developers, system administrators or other Linux enthusiasts to build and customize software for embedded devices, especially wireless routers. The name LEDE stands for Linux Embedded Development Environment. text/html 2016-08-15T19:44:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_overview?rev=1471290276&do=diff Working with your Mesh Once your mesh is set up, the MESHdesk Applet has various features to let you manage the mesh. Mesh View Options * Click on the MESHdesk icon on the Radiusdesk home page. * The window opens on the Meshes tab. * text/html 2017-02-06T08:49:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_pieces_of_the_puzzle?rev=1486370964&do=diff Pieces of the puzzle ---------- Nodes * Each mesh network consists of two or more nodes. * A node is a normal access point running the MESHdesk firmware. * MESHdesk supports a growing list of hardware. * Simply flash the MESHdesk firmware onto any of the supported hardware. text/html 2016-06-12T12:31:50+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_plan_high_speed?rev=1465734710&do=diff Creating a high speed mesh by using dual radio nodes * During an early demonstration of MESHdesk the first question that was asked: Does it supports dual radio nodes?. * The answer at that time was not yet, perhaps in the future.... * Fast forward to today and we are proud to say that text/html 2017-04-07T08:26:19+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_supported_hardware?rev=1491553579&do=diff MESHdesk supported hardware As of 2017 MESHdesk and APdesk will be using LEDE as a foundation for its firmware. We will no longer support devices with 32M RAM and/or 4M Flash. See this discussion for more detail: <https://forum.lede-project.org/t/should-lede-support-devices-with-only-4mb-flash/1018> * The following hardware is currently tested and working: text/html 2016-06-12T13:12:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_troubleshooting_tips?rev=1465737161&do=diff MESHdesk troubleshooting tips * These tips might help you troubleshoot the mesh networks you deployed. ---------- Did the node contact the back-end * To check if the node is making contact with the back-end you can run a tail -f on the Web server's access log file text/html 2016-06-12T13:05:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_ubiquiti_unifi_ap_pro?rev=1465736744&do=diff Adding Ubiquiti UniFi AP PRO hardware to an existing mesh * Someone who relocated office recently was so kind to donate their three Ubiquity UniFi AP PRO units to me while they upgraded to a Ruckus system in their new office. * Knowing that Ubiquity hardware are famous for the ease which you can replace the vendor's proprietary firmware with OpenWrt I was very eager to see how these dual radio nodes will live along the nodes from other hardware vendors in my existing mesh. text/html 2016-06-11T14:08:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/md_workflow?rev=1465654114&do=diff MESHdesk workflow (What to do and in which order) text/html 2016-10-12T12:54:15+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/mobile_support?rev=1476276855&do=diff 3G / Mobile support for APdesk and MESHdesk Introduction * Today, all of the commercial cloud based controllers we know about require that the hardware be connected to an Ethernet network running a DHCP server. * MESHdesk and APdesk was also like that until recently. text/html 2016-06-02T21:09:35+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/nas_devices?rev=1464901775&do=diff NAS devices (RADIUS clients) Introduction RADIUSdesk is a web based management on top of the FreeRADIUS server. Every RADIUS server will have RADIUS clients. RADIUS clients have two important characteristics. * The server which is contacted needs to know the IP Address of the client. text/html 2016-10-06T04:18:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/openvpn_bridges_prep_coova?rev=1475727506&do=diff OpenVPN Bridges Prepare Coova Chilli Building and Installing Coova Chilli * Download the latest release of Coova Chilli. (Version 1.3.1.4 at the time of this writing) * Coova Chilli Releases wget https://github.com/coova/coova-chilli/archive/1.3.1.4.tar.gz * text/html 2020-08-12T12:16:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/openvpn_bridges_prep_openvpn?rev=1597234580&do=diff OpenVPN Bridges Prepare OpenVPN * Rather than repeating the already excellent documentationf from Ubuntu, we are just going to give you the URL with the instructions to follow in order to get a OpenVPN server installed and configured. * Install OpenVPN on Ubuntu 18.04 * You can complete the steps up to and including text/html 2020-08-12T11:52:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/openvpn_bridges_prep_os?rev=1597233148&do=diff Prepare the hardware and OS Install VLAN Module * In order for us to run VLANs on the server we need to install the VLAN module #Install the VLAN package sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install vlan #Permanently load the module during boot time sudo su -c 'echo "8021q" >> /etc/modules' #Reboot the server sudo reboot #Confirm that it is loaded lsmod | grep 8021q text/html 2016-09-27T04:06:34+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/openvpn_bridges_prep_radiusdesk?rev=1474949194&do=diff OpenVPN Bridges Configure RADIUSdesk, MESHdesk and APdesk * We assume you already prepared the a server with OpenVPN and CoovaChilli as directed by the previous steps. * The final bit will be to bind them together on the RADIUSdesk side. ---------- text/html 2016-09-27T02:25:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/openvpn_bridges_radiusdesk?rev=1474943136&do=diff OpenVPN Bridges Configure RADIUSdesk, MESHdesk and APdesk text/html 2020-08-12T11:37:03+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/openvpn_bridges?rev=1597232223&do=diff OpenVPN Bridges Introduction * We are very exited about a new feature which is now part of MESHdesk as well as APdesk. * With this feature you can bridge one or more of the entry points (or SSIDs) with a OpenVPN tunnel that can sit any place on the Internet. text/html 2021-06-01T04:19:45+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/permanent_users?rev=1622521185&do=diff Permanent Users Creating a New Permanent User Permanent Users are created for regular users of your WiFi Realm. As an example we want to add Jenny the Cashier as a Permanent User at Bean There Coffee Shop. We want to allow her 1GB usage per month. Follow these steps. text/html 2016-06-02T21:08:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/restrict_by_ssid?rev=1464901708&do=diff Restrict connections by SSID * As more and more people start to deploy RADIUSdesk there are always new places and ways RADIUSdesk are being deployed. * One such a deployment required that: * There be some restrictions imposed based on the SSID which the user connected to. text/html 2022-05-09T07:19:46+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/ruckus?rev=1652080786&do=diff Dynamic Login Pages for Ruckus * As of May 2016 the latest SVN of RADIUSdesk support three captive portals with its Dynamic Login Pages. * Mikrotik * CoovaChilli * Ruckus * This page will go into more technical detail on the Ruckus implementation of the Dynamic Login Pages. text/html 2021-10-06T18:51:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/simultaneous_limit?rev=1633546280&do=diff UPDATED 2021 -Limiting Simultaneous Sessions * If you want to limit the simultaneous sessions a user can have this this page is for you. Why implement it * If you are driven by sales of vouchers, limiting the amount of people who can use the voucher at one time can result in more sales. text/html 2019-06-25T11:53:22+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/social_login?rev=1561463602&do=diff Social Login overview * Social Logins are also supported in RADIUSdesk and is configured as part of the Dynamic Login Pages. * Unlike some hardware vendors which Only support Facebook (<https://www.facebook.com/business/facebook-wifi>), RADIUSdesk makes use of Hybridauth which is a Multi-provider authentication framework. text/html 2021-02-08T08:14:20+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/user_registration_api?rev=1612772060&do=diff User Registration API Introduction * This document is applicable to the Git version of RADIUSdesk (2021Version) * We will explain the same API used by a login page that has User Registration enabled. * To enable user registration on a login page, go to the Dynamic Login Pages applet. text/html 2016-06-15T07:47:36+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/user_registration?rev=1465976856&do=diff User Registration * The Dynamic Login Pages applet includes a user registration section which allows you to configure the user registration process per login page. * This Wiki Page will discuss these options in detail * If your install of RADIUSdesk does not include these features, be sure to upgrade your server to contain the latest SVN code and SQL patches. text/html 2016-05-27T22:26:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/vouchers?rev=1464387989&do=diff Vouchers Two types of Vouchers In RADIUSdesk the easiest way to create a new Voucher is by generating a Single Field Voucher. This type of Voucher has a name that is also the password of the Voucher. It is generated by RADIUSdesk by adding two words, making it easy to remember. Here is a sample of Single Field Vouchers: text/html 2017-03-22T15:49:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/white_label?rev=1490197764&do=diff White Label an Install of RADIUSdesk * We realized there are by now quite a few deployments of RADIUSdesk out there. * Some of these deployments require White Labeling. * If you want to White Label your install then this page is for you. Change the location from where the pages are served text/html 2016-10-31T07:54:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.radiusdesk.com/docuwiki/user_guide/wifi_client_support?rev=1477900444&do=diff Support for WiFi Client as an Internet connection Introduction * Today, all of the commercial cloud based controllers we know about require that the hardware be connected to an Ethernet network running a DHCP server. * MESHdesk and APdesk was also like that until recently.