Specifications

RADIUS
RoamAbout Access Point 3000 Configuration Guide 4-9
RADIUS
RemoteAuthenticationDial‐inUserService(RADIUS)isanauthenticationprotocolthatuses
softwarerunningonacentralservertocontrolaccesstoRADIUS‐awaredevicesonthenetwork.
Anauthenticationservercontainsadatabaseofusercredentialsforeachuserthatrequiresaccess
tothenetwork.
AprimaryRADIUSserver
mustbespecifiedfortheAccessPoint3000toimplementIEEE802.1x
networkaccesscontrolandWi‐FiProtectedAccess(WPA)wirelesssecurity.AsecondaryRADIUS
servermayalsobespecifiedasabackupshouldtheprimaryserverfailorbecomeinaccessible
IfyouareusingMACauthentication,youmustprovide
thefollowinginformationtotheRADIUS
ServerNetworkAdministrator:
•MACAddressofyourwirelessclient.Thisbecomestheusername,whichiscase‐sensitive
(lower‐case),andintheformat:00‐01‐f4‐ab‐cd‐ef.
• ConfiguretheRADIUSservertoauthenticateusingthedefaultpasswordof
“NOPASSWORD”foralltheMACaddress
basedusernames.
Notes: This guide assumes that you already configured RADIUS server(s) to support the access
point. Configuration of RADIUS server software is beyond the scope of this guide, refer to the
documentation provided with the RADIUS server software.
If you are using RADIUS, it is highly recommended that you assign a static IP address to ensure that
the address doesn’t change via DHCP.