User guide
Configuring an AP for the Destination Configuring for the Destination
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In the Security tab of the AP, you may set the following parameters.
Authentication Mode
If the AP has authentication capability, then you can use this field to select from among the
following authentication modes:
• Disabled—the AP requires no SMs to authenticate.
• Authentication Server —the AP requires any SM that attempts registration to be
authenticated in BAM or Prizm before registration.
• AP PreShared Key - The AP acts as the authentication server to its SMs and will make use
of a user-configurable pre-shared authentication key. The operator enters this key on both the
AP and all SMs desired to register to that AP. There is also an option of leaving the AP and
SMs at their default setting of using the “Default Key”. Due to the nature of the
authentication operation, if you want to set a specific authentication key, then you MUST
configure the key on all of the SMs and reboot them BEFORE enabling the key and option on
the AP. Otherwise, if you configure the AP first, none of the SMs will be able to register.
• RADIUS AAA – the AP requires any SM that attempts registration to be authenticated via
RADIUS
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If the AP does not have authentication capability, then this parameter displays Authentication
Not Available.
Authentication Server DNS Usage
The management DNS domain name may be toggled such that the name of the authentication
server only needs to be specified and the DNS domain name is automatically appended to that
name.
Authentication Server
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If either BAM or the BAM subsystem in Prizm is implemented and the AP has authentication
capability, enter the IP address of one or more BAM servers that perform authentication for SMs
registered to this AP.
Radius Port
This field allows the operator to configure a custom port for RADIUS server communication. The
default value is 1812.
Authentication Key
The authentication key is a 32-character hexadecimal string used when Authentication Mode is
set to AP PreShared Key. By default, this key is set to
0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF.