System information

Operation ADD RADIUS SERVER 1-45
Software Release 2.0.1
C613-03018-00 REV A
ADD RADIUS SERVER
Syntax
ADD RADIUS SERVER=ipadd SECRET=secret PORT=port-number
ACCPORT=port-number
where:
■
secret is a character string, 1 to 63 characters in length. It may contain
uppercase letters (A–Z), lowercase letters (a–z), digits (0–9) and the
underscore character (“_”). If the string contains spaces it must be enclosed
in double quotes. It is case-sensitive.
■ ipadd is an IP address in dotted decimal notation.
■ port-number is a port number in the range 0 to 65535.
Description
This command adds a RADIUS server to the list of known RADIUS servers.
RADIUS servers are used for user authentication.
The SERVER parameter specifies the IP address of the RADIUS server, in
dotted decimal notation. The server must not already be in the list of known
RADIUS servers. If SERVER is specified, but PORT and ACCPORT are not,
then the RADIUS server is used for both authentication and accounting, and
requests are sent to the default ports (1645 and 1646). Use the PORT and
ACCPORT parameters to prevent the RADIUS server being used for
authentication or accounting, or to specify a different port number to use.
The SECRET parameter specifies a shared secret used in communications
between the router and the RADIUS server. The secret is used by the router to
encrypt the password field in authentication requests sent to the RADIUS
server, and by the RADIUS server to authenticate the router’s request. The
secret is case-sensitive.
The PORT parameter specifies a non-standard port number for communication
with the RADIUS server. Setting the port number to zero means that the server
will not be used for RADIUS authentication (it may only be required for
RADIUS accounting).
The ACCPORT parameter specifies a port number for communication with the
RADIUS server running RADIUS accounting (RFC 2139). Setting the port
number to zero means that the server will not be used for RADIUS accounting
(it may only be required for RADIUS authentication).
By default the RADIUS server uses port number 1645 to connect to RADIUS
servers for authentication, and port number of 1646 for RADIUS accounting.
The RADIUS accounting port is not the official port number (1813) but is the
port number used by a number of commonly available packages.
Examples
To add a RADIUS server with an IP address of 192.168.17.11 and “Valid8Me” as
the shared secret, use the command:
ADD RADIUS SERVER=192.16817.11 SECRET=Valid8Me
To add a RADIUS server for accounting only, with an IP address of
192.168.17.12 and “Valid8Me” as the shared secret, use the command:
ADD RADIUS SERVER=192.16817.11 SECRET=Valid8Me PORT=0
ACCPORT=1813