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Base Station Menu
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secret must be silently discarded. If the client is valid, the RADIUS server consults
a database of users to find the user whose User Name matches the request. The
user entry in the database contains the User Password that must be verified.
A RADIUS server can be used for authentication purposes only, for accounting
purposes only, or for both authentication and accounting purposes. Up to two
servers of each type can be defined. Each server of each type
(Authentication/accounting) can be defined as either Primary or Secondary. Only
one server of each type can be defined as Primary. However, both servers of the
same type can be defined as Secondary. If two servers of a certain type are
defined, then upon first trial of an authentication/accounting transaction the
NPU will attempt to communicate with the Primary server of the relevant type, or
with the first Secondary server if no server is defined as Primary (provided the
server’s Operation Status is Up). If it cannot communicate with this server, it will
attempt communicating with the other server. Upon succeeding to communicate
with a certain server, this server is defined as Active (and the other one as
Standby). As long as the NPU succeeds to communicate with an Active
Authentication/Accounting server, it will continue using it for
authentication/accounting transactions.
The RADIUS menu includes three sub-menus:
General Parameters
Authentication
Accounting
4.4.4.1 General Parameters
The General Parameters menu enables viewing and modifying parameters that
affect the communication with all RADIUS servers. These parameters include:
Shared Secret
Retry Interval (sec)
Maximum Number of Retries
Keep Alive Timeout (sec)