Installation Guide

PMP 450i and PTP 450i Configuration and User
Task 15: Configuring a RADIUS server
Attribute Meaning
Username
Enter a Username for the SM. This must match the username
configured for the SM on
the RADIUS server. The default
Username is the SM’s MAC address. The Username can be up
to 128 non-special (no diacritical markings) alphanumeric
characters.
Password Enter the desired password for the SM in the Password and
Confirm Password fields.
The Password must match the
password configured for the SM on the RADIUS server.
The
default Password is “password”. The Password can be up to 128
non-special (no
diacritical markings) alphanumeric characters.
Confirm Password
Upload Certificate
File
To upload a certificate manually to a SM, first load it in a known
place on your PC
or network drive, then click on a Delete button
on one of the Certificate description blocks to delete a certificate
to provide space for your certificate. Click on Choose File,
browse to
the location of the certificate, and click the Import
Certificate button, and then reboot the radio to use the new
certificate.
When a certificate is in use, after the SM successfully registers
to an AP, an indication of In
Use will appear in the description
block of the certificate being
used.
The public certificates installed on the SMs are used with the
private certificate on the
RADIUS
server to provide a
public/private key encryption
system.
Up to 2 certificates can be resident on a SM. An installed
certificate can be deleted
by clicking the Delete button in the
certificate’s description block on the Configuration >
Security
tab. To restore fhe 2 default certificates, click the Use Default
Certificates button in
the RADIUS Certificate Settings
parameter block and reboot the
radio.
Encryption Setting
Specify the type of airlink security to apply to this AP. The
encryption setting must match the encryption setting of the SMs.
None provides no encryption on the air link.
DES (Data Encryption Standard): An over-the-air link encryption
option that uses secret 56-bit keys and 8 parity bits. DES performs
a series of bit permutations, substitutions, and recombination
operations on blocks of data. DES encryption does not affect the
performance or throughput of the system.
AES (Advanced Encryption Standard): An over-the-air link
encryption option that uses the Rijndael algorithm and 128-bit
keys to establish a higher level of security than DES. AES products
are certified as compliant with the Federal Information Processing
Standards (FIPS 197) in the U.S.A.
194 pmp-0957 (April 2015)