Specifications

Network Setup 4-47
5. Click the Config button next to the MAC Authentication option to open a dialogue where the format of
MAC Addresses can be configured.
The MAC Authentication Format setting determines the text format that MAC addresses are transmitted
when using MAC-Auth authentication.
6. Select the MAC Auth in Upper Case option to transmit the 12 digit MAC address to the Radius server
in upper case letters. The MAC address is transmitted in lower case letters if you disable this option.
Select a format for MAC Addresses used in MAC Authentication.
• No delimiter: The 12 digit MAC Address is in a format with no spaces or delimiters.
• Colon delimiter: The 12 digit MAC Address is in a format separated by colons after every pair.
• Dash delimiter: The 12 digit MAC Address is in a format separated by dashes after every pair.
• Dot delimiter per four: The 12 digit MAC Address is in a format separated by periods after every four
digits.
• Middle Dash delimiter: The 12 digit MAC Address is in a format separated in the middle by a dash.
7. Click OK to use the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.
8. Click Cancel to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration.
Configuring External Radius Server Support
If either the EAP 802.1x, Hotspot, or Dynamic MAC ACL options have been selected as an authentication
scheme for a WLAN, the Radius Config... button at the bottom of the Network > Wireless LANs > Edit
becomes enabled. The Radius Configuration screen provides users the option of defining an external
primary and secondary Radius Server as well as a NAC Server if you do not use the switch’s resident Radius
Server.
The switch ships with a default configuration defining the local Radius Server as the primary authentication
source (default users are admin with superuser privileges and operator with monitor privileges). No
secondary authentication source is specified. However, Motorola recommends using an external Radius
Server as the primary user authentication source and the local switch Radius Server as the secondary user
authentication source. To use an external Radius Server as either a primary or secondary authentication
source, it must be specified appropriately.
NOTE: If using the switch’s local Radius Server for user authentication instead of an
external primary or secondary Radius Server, see Configuring the Radius Server on page
6-94. The switch’s local Radius Server provides an easy setup option and offers a high
degree of security and accountability.