Command Reference Guide

3Com Router 5000 Family and Router 6000 Family primary authentication ● 221
Command Reference
primary authentication
Purpose Use the primary authentication command to configure IP address and port
number of the primary RADIUS authentication/authorization server.
Use the undo primary authentication command to restore the default IP
address and port number of the primary RADIUS authentication/authorization server.
Syntax primary authentication ip-address [ port-number ]
undo primary authentication
Parameters ip-address
IP address in dotted decimal format. By default, the IP
address of the primary authentication/authorization
server is 0.0.0.0.
port-number
UDP port number of the primary
authentication/authorization server. Valid values are 1
to 65535.
If no value is specified, the default is 1812.
Example Set IP address of the primary authentication/authorization server in the RADIUS
scheme “3Com” to 10.110.1.1 and use the UDP port 1812 to provide the RADIUS
authentication/authorization service.
[3Com-radius-3Com] primary authentication 10.110.1.1 1812
View This command can be used in the following views:
■ RADIUS view
Description After creating a RADIUS scheme, you are supposed to configure IP address and UDP
port of each RADIUS server (primary/secondary authentication/authorization or
accounting server). The configuration of RADIUS servers is at your discretion except
that there must be at least one authentication/authorization server and one
accounting server. Besides, ensure that the RADIUS service port settings on the router
are consistent with the port settings on the RADIUS servers.
Related Commands ■ radius scheme
■ state