User's Manual

9 Managing the Network
226 Installation and User Guide: Airgo Access Point
Figure 166: Security Portal - User Management - Add MAC Address User
Click Add after entering the requested information.
From the user list, you can delete an existing MAC-ACL user, modify user information, or view the
details in a read-only table.
Managing Guest User Passwords
For optional generation of guest passwords automatically at set intervals, use the Guest User tab, as
explained in “Guest Access Security” on page 176.
RADIUS Proxy
Radius Proxy is a way of simplifying configuration for the external RADIUS authentication of
wireless clients. When you bootstrap an AP as an NM Portal, RADIUS proxy is enabled
automatically. All APs enrolled by this NM Portal will have Radius Proxy turned on. RADIUS
proxy reduces configuration requirements at the external RADIUS server, as the server must now
establish trust only with the security portal, rather than with all enrolled APs.
RADIUS proxy should only be enabled or disabled from NM Portal. Do not enable RADIUS proxy
on an individual AP if it is not enabled on the NM Portal. Perform changes to the RADIUS proxy
configuration on the NM Portal and then distribute the changes to the other enrolled APs.
When RADIUS proxy is enabled, all RADIUS authentication requests from APs are routed to the
NM Portal. If the NM Portal is not available, then these requests are routed to a backup security
portal.
When RADIUS Proxy is disabled, all APs forward their external RADIUS authentication requests
directly to the configured external RADIUS server or servers. This requires that you enter
configuration information on the RADIUS server or servers for each AP rather than for the NM
Portal and security portals only.
NOTE: It is possible to turn off RADIUS proxy on individual APs. This may be useful
for test purposes. Be aware that this setting will be overturned when a policy is pushed
from the NM Portal.