Specifications

16-14 RADIUS and Server Groups Commands
set radius server
ConfiguresRADIUSserversandtheirparameters.Bydefault,theRoamAboutswitch
automaticallysetsallthesevaluesexceptthe password(key).
Syntax
set radius server server-name [address ip-address] [auth-port port-number]
[acct-port port-number] [timeout seconds] [retransmit number] [deadtime minutes]
[[key string] | [encrypted-key string]] [author-password password]
Parameters
server‐name UniquenameforthisRADIUSserver.Enteranalphanumericstringofup
to32 characters,withnoblanks.
addressip‐address IPaddressoftheRADIUSserver.Entertheaddressindotted decimal
notation.
auth‐port
port‐number
UDPportthattheRoamAboutswitchusesforauthenticationand
authorization.
acct‐port
port‐number
UDPportthattheRoamAboutswitchusesforaccounting.
timeoutseconds Numberofseconds theRoamAboutswitchwaitsfortheRADIUSserverto
respondbeforeretransmitting.Youcanspecifyfrom1to65,535seconds.
retransmitnumber Numberoftransmissionattemptsmadebeforedeclaringanunresponsive
RADIUSserverunavailable.Youcanspecifyfrom1 to 100retries.
deadtimeminutes Nu mberofminutestheRoamAboutswitchwaitsafterdeclaringan
unresponsiveRADIUSserverunavaila blebeforeretryingthatRADIUS
server.Specifybetween0 (zero)and1440 minutes(24 hours).Azerovalue
causestheswitchtoidentifyunresponsiveserversasavailable.
keystring|
encrypted‐key
string
Password(sharedsecretkey)theRoamAbout
Switchusestoauthenticate
toRADIUSservers.Youmustprovidethesamepasswordthatisdefined
ontheRADIUSserver.Thepasswordcanbe1to64characterslong,with
nospacesortabs.
•Usethekeyoptiontoenterthestringinitsunencryptedform.MSS
encryptsthedisplayedformofthe
stringinshowconfigandshowaaa
output.
•Toenter thestringinitsencryptedforminstead,usetheencrypted‐key
option.MSSdoesnotencryptthestringyouenter,andinsteaddisplays
thestringexactlyasyouenterit.
author‐password
password
PasswordusedforauthorizationtoaRADIUSserver
forMAC
authentication.Theclient’sMACaddressissentastheusernameand the
author‐passwordstringissentasthepassword.Specifyapasswordofup
to64 alphanumericcharacterswithnospacesortabs.