User guide
Table Of Contents
- 3Com Wireless 8760 Dual-radio 11a/b/g PoE Access Point
- Contents
- Introduction
- Installing the Access Point
- Installation Requirements
- Power Requirements
- Safety Information
- Deciding Where to Place Equipment and Performing A Site Survey
- Before You Begin
- Connecting the Standard Antennas
- Connecting Power
- Checking the LEDs
- Wall, Ceiling, or Electrical Box Mounting
- Flat Surface Installation
- Selecting and Connecting a Different Antenna Model
- Installing Software Utilities
- Initial Configuration
- System Configuration
- Command Line Interface
- Using the Command Line Interface
- General Commands
- System Management Commands
- System Logging Commands
- System Clock Commands
- DHCP Relay Commands
- SNMP Commands
- snmp-server community
- snmp-server contact
- snmp-server location
- snmp-server enable server
- snmp-server host
- snmp-server trap
- snmp-server engine-id
- snmp-server user
- snmp-server targets
- snmp-server filter
- snmp-server filter-assignments
- show snmp groups
- show snmp users
- show snmp group-assignments
- show snmp target
- show snmp filter
- show snmp filter-assignments
- show snmp
- Flash/File Commands
- RADIUS Client
- 802.1X Authentication
- MAC Address Authentication
- Filtering Commands
- WDS Bridge Commands
- Spanning Tree Commands
- Ethernet Interface Commands
- Wireless Interface Commands
- interface wireless
- vap
- speed
- turbo
- multicast-data-rate
- channel
- transmit-power
- radio-mode
- preamble
- antenna control
- antenna id
- antenna location
- beacon-interval
- dtim-period
- fragmentation-length
- rts-threshold
- super-a
- super-g
- description
- ssid
- closed-system
- max-association
- assoc-timeout-interval
- auth-timeout-value
- shutdown
- show interface wireless
- show station
- Rogue AP Detection Commands
- Wireless Security Commands
- Link Integrity Commands
- IAPP Commands
- VLAN Commands
- WMM Commands
- Troubleshooting
- Index
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CHAPTER 4: SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
RADIUS
Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (RADIUS) is an authentication protocol
that uses software running on a central server to control access to RADIUS-aware
devices on the network. An authentication server contains a database of user
credentials for each user that requires access to the network.
A primary RADIUS server must be specified for the access point to implement IEEE
802.1X network access control and Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) wireless
security. A secondary RADIUS server may also be specified as a backup should the
primary server fail or become inaccessible.
In addition, the configured RADIUS server can also act as a RADIUS Accounting
server and receive user-session accounting information from the access point.
RADIUS Accounting can be used to provide valuable information on user activity
in the network.
Figure 22 RADIUS Authentication
Primary RADIUS Server Setup – Configure the following settings to use RADIUS
authentication on the access point.
IP Address: Specifies the IP address or host name of the RADIUS server.
NOTE: This guide assumes that you have already configured RADIUS server(s) to
support the access point. Configuration of RADIUS server software is beyond the
scope of this guide, refer to the documentation provided with the RADIUS server
software.