AuthenticateMyWiFi - Outsourced RADIUS/802.1X Authentication Service for WPA/WPA2-Enterprise

The AuthenticateMyWiFi™ service enables you to use the Enterprise mode of Wi-Fi Protected Access—WPA or WP2—encryption for your home or business wireless network.

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It provides you with access to a RADIUS server, which is required for the enterprise-level encryption, that provides 802.1X/PEAP authentication for your network. Our service gives you top-notch Wi-Fi security, without the high monetary and time costs!

AuthenticateMyWiFi™ Features

Similar hosting companies just provide the authentication service, however we offer a full feature set:

Works with All Operating Systems and Hardware

Our AuthenticateMyWiFi™ service doesn't require any special software or hardware.

All Wi-Fi CERTIFIED™ hardware (wireless routers, access points, wireless adapters, etc) that supports WPA or WP2 Enterprise encryption should work with the AuthenticateMyWiFi™ service.

Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux are all supported

The Activity Logs are only available when the access point or wireless router supports RADIUS accounting; some consumer-level gear doesn't support it.

AuthenticateMyWiFi™ Pricing

We offer a Free Edition with limited features in addition to the full-featured commercial service.

For more than 100 users, contact us for a custom quote.

Yearly subscriptions are on a year-to-year basis and monthly subscriptions are on a month-to-month basis. (Similar hosting companies offer monthly prices, but require a year contract.) At any time, you can cancel the subscription and you won't be charged again.

Why We're Better Than Other Servers

You'll find traditional RADIUS servers that can be used for 802.1X authentication. However, we offer a few things Windows Server IAS/NPS and other authentication servers don't. Here are several reasons to choose us:

Multi-location support: You can use our service among different locations and offices. Each access point (AP) can still be assigned its own shared secret (password). APs don't have to be Internet-facing; they can be behind NAT routers or gateways.

Traditional RADIUS servers don't work well over the Internet. If you want to use a traditional server to authenticate users at multiple locations, each office would need to have a static Internet IP address and you'd be limited to using one secret for all the access points at the location (not as secure).

Saves you money: Our service starts at $13 a month or $130 a year. Traditional RADIUS servers can cost several hundred to a few thousand dollars.
Saves you time and energy: You'll be connecting to your enterprise-encrypted network in 15 minutes or less with our service. We even offer a user guide to help you configure your computers with the 802.1X settings. Understanding how RADIUS works and figuring out how to install and configure a server can take a long time.
Web-based control panel: You'll receive access to an online Control Panel where you can enter your AP details, create user accounts, and manage other settings. Some servers don't have a GUI and aren't as easy to remotely manage.

Setting up the Service

Our step-by-step guide will help you set up your network with our service, which involves:

Creating accounts for your users in the AuthenticateMyWiFi™ Control Panel and entering a few settings for your wireless router and/or access points (APs).

Entering a few settings in your wireless router or access points (APs).

Configuring the computer with the encryption and authentication settings. If using Windows Vista or Windows 7, you can use our program to help configure these settings.

Then users can start connecting to your wireless network with their usernames and passwords. You can change the passwords and revoke access when you wish. Plus for each user, you can optionally restrict access by login times, or limit access to certain APs or through particular computers.

AuthenticateMyWiFi™ Control Panel

The following are screen shots of the web-based control panel used to configure the service:

Access Points (APs)

Access Points (APs) page

Here's where you input the details of your wireless router or APs.

User Accounts

User Accounts page

Here you create the usernames and passwords for your users to login to the wireless network.

Logs

Logs page

Here you can see view who has logged onto the network, the MAC address of the end-user device and the AP used, and the times of usage.

Login Times

Here you can optionally specify exactly when a user can login.

Expirations

Expirations page

Here you can optionally specify at what day and time to stop a user from logging onto the network.

User-to-Device Assignments

User-to-Device Assignments page

Here you can optionally restrict which computers or devices a user can login from.

User-to-AP Assignments

User-to-AP Assignments page

Here you can optionally restrict which wireless router or AP a user is allowed to login through.