Hub/Switch Reference Guide

AAA Commands 197
Nortel WLAN—Security Switch 2300 Series Command Line Reference
protocol Protocol used for authentication. Specify one of the following:
• eap-md5—Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) with
message-digest algorithm 5. For wired authentication clients:
• Uses challenge-response to compare hashes
•Provides no encryption or integrity checking for the
connection
Note: The eap-md5 option does not work with Microsoft wired authentication
clients.
• eap-tls—EAP with Transport Layer Security (TLS):
• Provides mutual authentication, integrity-protected
negotiation, and key exchange
• Requires X.509 public key certificates on both sides of the
connection
• Provides encryption and integrity checking for the
connection
• Cannot be used with RADIUS server authentication
(requires user information to be in the switch’s local
database)
• peap-mschapv2—Protected EAP (PEAP) with Microsoft
Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol version 2 (MS-
CHAP-V2). For wireless clients:
• Uses TLS for encryption and data integrity checking and
server-side authentication
• Provides MS-CHAP-V2 mutual authentication
• Only the server side of the connection needs a certificate.
The wireless client authenticates using TLS to set up an
encrypted session. Then MS-CHAP-V2 performs mutual
authentication using the specified AAA method.
• pass-through—WSS Software sends all the EAP protocol
processing to a RADIUS server.
method1
method2
method3
method4
At least one and up to four methods that WSS Software uses to handle
authentication. Specify one or more of the following methods in priority order.
WSS Software applies multiple methods in the order you enter them.
A method can be one of the following:
• local—Uses the local database of usernames and user groups
on the WSS for authentication.
• server-group-name—Uses the defined group of RADIUS
servers for authentication. You can enter up to four names of
existing RADIUS server groups as methods.
RADIUS servers cannot be used with the EAP-TLS protocol.
For more information, see “Usage.”