User's Manual

Horizon Compact Plus Release 1.0.1 Wireless Ethernet Product User Manual – Volume 2

6.0 RADIUS Server User Authentication

The DragonWave Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) server option enables users to

be centrally authenticated before being allowed access to a modem. This adds another layer of security

by removing user access control away from individual modems and moving it to a central server.

Up to five (5) RADIUS servers can be configured.

When one, or more, RADIUS server is configured, the username and password authentication system

on the modem is bypassed, in favour of the RADIUS system. If, on attempting to log in, a user does not

receive a response from a configured RADIUS server, the user will not be allowed to log in. This could

be the case if the server was off line. However, the system can be configured to allow the Super user to

still access the modem via the local modem access control, even when a RADIUS server does not

respond.

Only the Super user can issue any of the RADIUS “set” commands and view any of the security related

entries returned with “get” commands (passwords, shared key etc..)

Procedure 6-1

RADIUS Server User Authentication

Use this procedure to set up user authentication using a RADIUS server and enable the Super user to

access a modem if the RADIUS server does not respond.

Note: To perform this procedure, you must be logged into the system as the Super user.

Required Action

Steps

View radius servers

Returns a list of RADIUS servers already configured on the system.

Sequence:

get radius servers press Enter

The system responds:

index active_host active_key cfgd_host cfgd_key

===== =============== =============== ===============

1 192.168.1.48 testing123 192.168.1.48 testing123

2 192.168.1.20

Note that the second radius server is not active because the radius

key has not been configured.