Specifications
Configuring Authentication
April 15, 2011 Page 18 of 36
Configuring Port Web Authentication (PWA)
ConfiguringPWAontheswitchconsistsof:
•SettingtheIPaddresswhichtheuserwillauthenticate toontheswitch
• OptionallyenablingPWAenhancedmodeandconfigureguestnetworkingprivileges
• EnablingPWAontheport
• GloballyenablingPWAontheswitch
•Settingtheauthenticationmode
Procedure 3describeshowtoconfigurePWAauthentication.Unspecifiedparameters
usetheir
defaultvalues.
Optionally Enable Guest Network Privileges
WithPWAenhancedmodeenabled,youcanoptionallyconfigureguestnetworkingprivileges.
Guestnetworkingallowsanadministratortospecifyasetofcredentialsthatwill,bydefault,
appearonthePWAloginpageofanendstationwhenauserattemptstoaccessthenetwork.
6. Display MAC authentication configuration or
status of active sessions.
show macauthentication
show macauthentication session
7. If a session or port requires reinitialization,
reinitialize a specific MAC session or port.
set macauthentication macinitialize
mac-address
set macauthentication portinitialize
port-string
8. If a session or port requires reauthentication,
reauthenticate a specific MAC session or port.
set macauthentication macreauthenticate
mac-address
set macauthentication portreauthenticate
port-string
Procedure 2 MAC-Based Authentication Configuration (continued)
Step Task Command(s)
Procedure 3 Port Web Authentication (PWA) Configuration
Step Task Command(s)
1. Set the IP address for the end-station the
supplicant accesses.
set pwa ipaddress ip-address
2. Optionally enable or disable PWA enhanced
mode.
set pwa enhancemode enable
set pwa enhancemode disabled
3. Enable or disable PWA. PWA must be enabled
on the port for PWA to function.
set pwa portcontrol enable port-string
set pwa portcontrol disable port-string
4. Globally enable or disable PWA on the switch. set pwa enable
set pwa disabled
5. Set the MultiAuth mode. set multiauth mode multi
6. Display PWA configuration. show pwa