Concept Guide

168 | Authentication and User Management Dell Networking W-Series Instant 6.5.1.0-4.3.1.0 | User Guide
In the Instant UI
To enable MAC authentication for a wired profile:
1. Click the Wired link under More in the main window. The Wired window is displayed.
2. Click New under Wired Networks to create a new network or select an existing profile for which you want
to enable MAC authentication and then click Edit.
3. In the New Wired Network or the Edit Wired Network window, ensure that all the required Wired and
VLAN attributes are defined, and then click Next.
4. On the Security tab, select Enabled from the MAC authentication drop-down list.
5. Specify the type of authentication server to use.
6. If an internal authentication server is used, perform the following steps to allow MAC-address-based
authentication:
a. Click the Users link beside Internal server. The Users window is displayed.
b. Specify the client MAC address as the username and password.
c. Specify the type of the user (employee or guest).
d. Click Add.
e. Repeat the steps to add more users.
f. Click OK.
7. Configure other parameters as required.
8. Click Next to define access rules, and then click Finish to apply the changes.
In the CLI
To configure MAC-address-based authentication with external server:
(Instant AP)(config)# wired-port-profile <name>
(Instant AP)(wired ap profile <name>)# type {<employee>|<guest>}
(Instant AP)(wired ap profile <name>)# mac-authentication
(Instant AP)(wired ap profile <name>)# auth-server <server-1>
(Instant AP)(wired ap profile <name>)# auth-server <server-2>
(Instant AP)(wired ap profile <name>)# server-load-balancing
(Instant AP)(wired ap profile <name>)# radius-reauth-interval <Minutes>
(Instant AP)(wired ap profile <name>)# end
(Instant AP)# commit apply
To add users for MAC authentication based on internal authentication server:
(Instant AP)(config)# user <username> [<password>] [portal|radius]
(Instant AP)(config)# end
(Instant AP)# commit apply
Configuring MAC Authentication with 802.1X Authentication
This section describes the following procedures:
l Configuring MAC and 802.1X Authentications for Wireless Network Profiles on page 168
l Configuring MAC and 802.1X Authentications for Wired Profiles on page 169
Configuring MAC and 802.1X Authentications for Wireless Network Profiles
You can configure MAC authentication with 802.1X authentication for a wireless network profile using the
Instant UI or the CLI.