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The (wired) network I'm connecting to uses tunnelled TLS to authenticate clients.

I'm wondering if it's possible to get a router which can:

  • NAT/firewall a local, wired network to the secured network.
  • Share the secured connection wirelessly (segregated from the "local" network), but force the clients to authenticate themselves, rather than the router authenticating

My terminology is probably a little off, I've not done a lot of of networking before.

EDIT: RE: authentication, it's a university network; Without authenticating you appear to be locked into a walled garden which provides info on setting up the authentication:

  • enable 802.1X security
  • select "Tunnelled TLS" as the security method
  • select a security certificate
  • set "inner authentication" to PAP (on ubuntu this is the default so I assume it's usually standard)
  • enter our network login details

After going through it in my mind I'm guessing that it should be possible as long as the router doesn't attempt to authenticate to the uni network?

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What authentication are you talking about? router with isp? client with router? client with isp? And which router? And do you really mean getting IPs? Or do you mean telling ISP you are user/pass. Or do you mean wireless clients connecting to wireless router? – barlop Nov 3 '10 at 20:17
@barlop I've updated the post with some more info – Matt Nov 4 '10 at 3:45
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From what I understand, it requires a Wireless Access Point

They can wirelessly authenticate with another wireless router.

(I don't think wireless routers can do it)

(Note- I think a wireless access point and wireless bridge are the same thing).

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Access Points and Bridges are not necessarily the same, although through settings on the devices you can often set them to do the same things. A basic Access Point will only create a means to wirelessly connect devices to a wired network, and a basic Bridge will create a wireless link between two wired networks. Note that you could use a Bridge to connect to an Access Point. – Xantec Nov 4 '10 at 12:58
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I bought the WZR-HP-300NH and have been playing around with it today. After messing around with it and doing a bit of research it seems like what I wanted to do isn't possible.

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