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Horizon Compact Plus Release 1.0.1 Wireless Ethernet Product User Manual – Volume 2
12.5 Configure Authentication
Should you require more security than offered by the default authentication mode of No Authentication,
you will need to configure the authentication key to suit your requirements. Follow the steps in the
following procedure.
Procedure 12-1
Setting Unique Authentication
Perform this procedure to set system authentication to unique.
Note: You must perform the authentication procedures in the sequence that they appear in this manual.
Required Action
Steps
login
Log in as a NOC user on both ends of the system and run the CLI
command get hw inventory as shown below, to retrieve the unique
authentication keys (serial number of node) from each unit.
View hw inventory to find the
serial number of the nodes
Displays the serial numbers of the various sections in the system.
Perform this command at each end of the link and record the
authentication keys (Unit Serial Number) for each end.
Sequence:
get hw inventory press Enter
The system responds:
Frequency File PartNumber : number
Unit Serial Number : number
Unit Assembly Number : number
NCC Serial Number : number
NCC Assembly Number : number
IF Serial Number : number
IF Assembly Number : number
Radio Serial Number : number
Radio Assembly Number : number
Diplexer Serial Number : number
Diplexer Assembly Number : number
Set the suthentication type
used to authenticate the peer
unit.
Sets the authentication type. For unique authentication this needs to
be set to unique. The default type is none.
Sequence:
set peer authentication type [none|unique|group] press Enter
where [none, unique, group] identifies the authentication type. Use
unique on this occasion.
The system responds:
Peer Authentication Type : unique
get peer authentication type press Enter (will confirm type)
Peer Authentication Type : unique