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Using Windows Active Directory For Account Authentication to PS Series Groups 2

PREPARE THE SERVER AND PS GROUP FOR RADIUS AUTHENTICATION

This section covers installing Network Policy Services, configuring the PS Series group

as a RADIUS client on the NPS server and configuring the PS Series group to recognize

and accept login attempts from the RADIUS server.

Installing and Configuring Network Policy Services

This procedure assumes you will install and configure these services on the same

server hosting Active Directory. We recommend running these services on the same

server hosting the Active Directory. If you cannot or choose not to, you must make

sure that both servers are members of the same Windows Server domain, or that the

service can proxy to another server with domain access to Active Directory.

Perform the following steps to install and configure the NPS on Windows Server 2008:

 Open Server Manager and add a new role.

 Select Network Policy and Access Services to install.

 After installing the NPS role open Start > Administrative Tools > Network

Policy Server

 Register the NPS server in Active Directory by right clicking NPS (Local) >

authenticate users in the Active Directory domain.

 Choose OK to the dialogue boxes to authorize the computer to read users’ dial-

in properties from the domain.

Configuring a PS Series Group as a RADIUS Client on the NPS Server

To set up the PS Series group as a RADIUS client on NPS (in Windows Server 2003 and

IAS this will be a two-step process):

 Open the Network Policy Server console and right-click RADIUS Clients.

 Click New RADIUS Client to open the New RADIUS Client wizard, Figure 1.