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Horizon Compact Plus Release 1.0.1 Wireless Ethernet Product User Manual – Volume 2
Procedure 12-2
Setting Group authentication
Perform this procedure to set group authentication using the CLI manager.
Required Action
Steps
login
Log in as a NOC user.
Configure air interface
authentication type
Sets the authentication type. This needs to be set to group.
The default type is none.
Sequence:
set peer authentication type [none, unique, group] press Enter
where [none, unique, group] identifies the authentication type. Use
group on this occasion.
The system responds:
Peer Authentication Type : group
get peer authentication type press Enter (will verify type)
Peer Authentication Type : group
Configure group
authentication key
Sets the group authentication key.
Sequence:
set peer authentication group key <xxxxxxxx> press Enter
where <xxxxxxxx> is a character string consisting of up to 35
characters that may be: 0 to 9, a to z, and A to Z but may not contain
any of the following: !@#$%^&*(,);:’”+-~
The system responds:
Peer Authentication Group Key: xxxxxxxx.
Note: The <xxxxxxxx> is the unique, up to 32 character string you
have assigned to be the group authentication key. You will need to
repeat this procedure for each unit in the group that uses the same
group key.
get peer authentication group key press Enter (will verify key)
Peer Authentication Group Key: xxxxxxxx.
NOTE:
Once the group authentication key is set, you will need to verify the
authentication settings and set the authentication failure parameter
before saving the mib and resetting the system. See Procedure 11-3.
This concludes the steps to set the group authentication key using the CLI manager