Installation Guide

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Task 15: Configuring a RADIUS server
Attribute Meaning
Accounting Messages
disable no accounting messages are sent to the
RADIUS server
deviceAccess accounting messages are sent to the
RADIUS server regarding device access (see Table 63).
dataUsage accounting messages are sent to the
RADIUS server regarding data usage (see Table 63).
Accounting Data
Usage Interval
The interval for which accounting data messages are sent
from the radio to the RADIUS server. If 0 is configured
for this parameter, no data usage messages are sent.
SM Re-authentication
Interval
The interval for which the SM will re-authenticate to the
RADIUS server.
SM Technician/Installer/Administrator
Authentication
To control technician, installer, and administrator access to the SM from a centralized
RADIUS server:
Remote access control is enabled only after the SM registers to an AP that
has
Authentication Mode set to RADIUS AAA. Local access control will always be
used
before registration and is used after registration if the AP is not configured
for
RADIUS.
1
Set Authentication Mode on the AP’s Configuration > Security tab to
RADIUS
AAA
(RADIUS)
2
Set User Authentication Mode on the AP’s Account > User
Authentication
and
Access Tracking tab (the tab only appears after the AP is set to AAA
authentication) to Remote or Remote then
Local
.
3
Set User Authentication Mode on the SM’s Account > User Authentication
and Access Tracking tab to Remote or Remote then Local.
Local: The local SM is checked for accounts. No centralized
RADIUS
accounting (access control)
is
performed.
Remote: Authentication by the centralized RADIUS server
is
required to
gain access to the SM if the SM is registered to an
AP
that has RADIUS
AAA Authentication Mode selected. For up to
2
minutes a test pattern is
displayed until the server responds
or
times
out.
Remote then Local: Authentication using the centralized
RADIUS
server is attempted. If the server sends a reject message, then
the
setting of
Allow Local Login after Reject from AAA determines
if
the local user
database is checked or not. If the configured
servers
do
not respond within
2 minutes, then the local user database
is
used. The successful login
method is displayed in the
navigation
column of the SM.
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