Installing FreeRADIUS on Windows 10

FreeRADIUS is an open source software that provides authentication and accounting services to a network. It is commonly used in enterprise networks to centralize user authentication and accounting for multiple services. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the installation of FreeRADIUS on Windows 10.

Prerequisites

Before installing FreeRADIUS, make sure that you have the following prerequisites:

Steps

Follow these steps to install FreeRADIUS:

  1. Download the latest version of FreeRADIUS for Windows from the official website.

  2. Extract the downloaded file to a folder on your computer.

  3. Open the extracted folder and navigate to the bin directory.

  4. Run the freeradius.exe file to start the FreeRADIUS server.

  5. Open a web browser and go to http://localhost/. This will open the FreeRADIUS web interface.

  6. Click on the Login button located in the top right corner of the interface.

  7. In the login page, enter admin as the username and enjoyBSD as the password. Click on the Login button to login to the FreeRADIUS interface.

  8. Once you are logged in, you can configure FreeRADIUS to your liking.

Conclusion

That's it! You have successfully installed FreeRADIUS on Windows 10. You can now configure FreeRADIUS to authenticate users and accounting for multiple services within your enterprise network.

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