User`s guide

For Radius authentication, the following settings are required.

− Primary authentication server: The IP address or DNS name of authentication server.

This option is compulsory to use the remote authentication method. If this server is down

or busy, the authentication query is sent to the secondary server, if specified.

− Secondary authentication server: The IP address or DNS name of the secondary

authentication server. This option is complementary.

− Authentication server socket: The TCP port to use for authentication communication.

The default port number for Radius authentication is 1812. The primary and the secondary

servers are required to use the same TCP port.

− Primary accounting server: The IP address or DNS name of accounting server. This

option can be specified only when user accounting is required. If this server is down or

busy, the accounting information is sent to the secondary server, if specified.

− Account server socket: The TCP port to use for accounting communication. The default

port number for Radius accounting is 1813. The primary and secondary servers are

required to use the same TCP port.

− Shared secret: A kind of password used for encryption of messages between the

authentication server and the ConnectPort LTS. The server and device server must use the

same secret. The primary and the secondary servers are required to use the same secret.

− Timeout: The length of time, in seconds, the ConnectPort LTS will wait for the response

from authentication server before timing out.

− Retries: The retries controls how many time the ConnectPort LTS will try to communicate

with the authentication server.

The following settings are optional:

− Secondary accounting server: The IP address or DNS name of the secondary accounting

server.