User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Nortel WLAN Security Switch 2300 Series Configuration Guide
- Contents
- How to get Help
- Introducing the Nortel WLAN 2300 System
- Using the Command-Line Interface
- Configuring AAA for Administrative and Local Access
- Configuring and Managing Ports and VLANs
- Configuring and Managing Ports
- Configuring and Managing VLANs
- Managing the Layer 2 Forwarding Database
- Port and VLAN Configuration Scenario
- Configuring and Managing IP Interfaces and Services
- MTU Support
- Configuring and Managing IP Interfaces
- Configuring the System IP Address
- Configuring and Managing IP Routes
- Managing the Management Services
- Configuring and Managing DNS
- Configuring and Managing Aliases
- Configuring and Managing Time Parameters
- Setting the Time Zone
- Configuring the Summertime Period
- Statically Configuring the System Time and Date
- Displaying the Time and Date
- Configuring and Managing NTP
- Adding an NTP Server
- Removing an NTP Server
- Changing the NTP Update Interval
- Resetting the Update Interval to the Default
- Enabling the NTP Client
- Displaying NTP Information
- Managing the ARP Table
- Pinging Another Device
- Logging In to a Remote Device
- Tracing a Route
- IP Interfaces and Services Configuration Scenario
- Configuring SNMP
- Overview
- Configuring SNMP
- Displaying SNMP Information
- Configuring and Managing Mobility Domain Roaming
- Configuring User Encryption
- Configuring AP access points
- AP Overview
- Configuring AP access points
- Specifying the Country of Operation
- Configuring a Template for Automatic AP Configuration
- Configuring AP Port Parameters
- Configuring AP-WSS Security
- Configuring a Service Profile
- Configuring a Radio Profile
- Configuring Radio-Specific Parameters
- Mapping the Radio Profile to Service Profiles
- Assigning a Radio Profile and Enabling Radios
- Disabling or Reenabling Radios
- Displaying AP Information
- Displaying AP Configuration Information
- Displaying a List of Distributed APs
- Displaying a List of Distributed APs that Are Not Configured
- Displaying Connection Information for Distributed APs
- Displaying Service Profile Information
- Displaying Radio Profile Information
- Displaying AP Status Information
- Displaying AP Statistics Counters
- Configuring RF Auto-Tuning
- Wi-Fi Multimedia
- Configuring and Managing Spanning Tree Protocol
- Configuring and Managing IGMP Snooping
- Configuring and Managing Security ACLs
- About Security Access Control Lists
- Creating and Committing a Security ACL
- Mapping Security ACLs
- Modifying a Security ACL
- Using ACLs to Change CoS
- Enabling Prioritization for Legacy Voice over IP
- Security ACL Configuration Scenario
- Managing Keys and Certificates
- Why Use Keys and Certificates?
- About Keys and Certificates
- Creating Keys and Certificates
- Choosing the Appropriate Certificate Installation Method for Your Network
- Creating Public-Private Key Pairs
- Generating Self-Signed Certificates
- Installing a Key Pair and Certificate from a PKCS #12 Object File
- Creating a CSR and Installing a Certificate from a PKCS #7 Object File
- Installing a CA’s Own Certificate
- Displaying Certificate and Key Information
- Key and Certificate Configuration Scenarios
- Configuring AAA for Network Users
- About AAA for Network Users
- AAA Tools for Network Users
- Configuring 802.1X Authentication
- Configuring Authentication and Authorization by MAC Address
- Configuring Web-based AAA
- Configuring Last-Resort Access
- Configuring AAA for Users of Third-Party APs
- Assigning Authorization Attributes
- Overriding or Adding Attributes Locally with a Location Policy
- Configuring Accounting for Wireless Network Users
- Displaying the AAA Configuration
- Avoiding AAA Problems in Configuration Order
- Configuring a Mobility Profile
- Network User Configuration Scenarios
- Configuring Communication with RADIUS
- Managing 802.1X on the WSS Switch
- Managing Sessions
- Managing System Files
- Rogue Detection and Countermeasures
- About Rogues and RF Detection
- Summary of Rogue Detection Features
- Configuring Rogue Detection Lists
- Enabling Countermeasures
- Disabling or Reenabling Active Scan
- Enabling AP Signatures
- Disabling or Reenabling Logging of Rogues
- Enabling Rogue and Countermeasures Notifications
- IDS and DoS Alerts
- Displaying RF Detection Information
- Appendix A: Troubleshooting a WS Switch
- Fixing Common WSS Setup Problems
- Recovering the System Password
- Configuring and Managing the System Log
- Running Traces
- Using Show Commands
- Remotely Monitoring Traffic
- Capturing System Information for Technical Support
- Appendix B: Supported RADIUS Attributes
- Appendix C: Mobility Domain Traffic Ports
- Appendix D: DHCP Server
- Glossary
- Index
- Command Index
408 Configuring AAA for Network Users
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Authorization
If the user is authenticated, WSS Software then checks the RADIUS server or local database (the same place WSS
Software looked for user information to authenticate the user) for the authorization attributes assigned to the user.
Authorization attributes specify the network resources the user can access.
The only required attribute is the Virtual LAN (VLAN) name on which to place the user. RADIUS and WSS Software
have additional optional attributes. For example, you can provide further access controls by specifying the times during
which the user can access the network, you can apply inbound and outbound access control lists (ACLs) to the user’s
traffic, and so on.
To assign attributes on the RADIUS server, use the standard RADIUS attributes supported on the server. To assign
attributes in the WSS switch’s local database, use the WSS Software vendor-specific attributes (VSAs).
The RADIUS attributes supported by WSS Software are described in “Supported RADIUS Attributes,” on page 599.
WSS Software provides the following VSAs, which you can assign to users configured in the local database or on a
RADIUS server:
• Encryption-Type—Specifies the type of encryption required for access by the client. Clients who attempt to use an
unauthorized encryption method are rejected.
• End-Date—Date and time after which the user is no longer allowed to be on the network.
• Mobility-Profile—Controls the WSS switch ports a user can access. For wireless users, an WSS Software Mobility
Profile specifies the AP access ports through which the user can access the network. For wired authentication users,
the Mobility Profile specifies the wired authentication ports through which the user can access the network.
• SSID—SSID the user is allowed to access after authentication.
• Start-Date—Date and time at which the user becomes eligible to access the network. WSS Software does not
authenticate the user unless the attempt to access the network occurs at or after the specified date and time, but
before the end-date (if specified).
• Time-of-Day—Day(s) and time(s) during which the user is permitted to log into the network.
• URL—URL to which the user is redirected after successful Web-based AAA.
• VLAN-Name—VLAN to place the user on.
You also can assign the following RADIUS attributes to users configured in the local database.
• Filter-Id—Security ACL that permits or denies traffic received (input) or sent (output) the WSS switch.
• Service-Type—Type of access the user is requesting, which can be network access, administrative access to the
enabled (configuration) mode of the WSS Software CLI, or administrative access to the nonenabled mode of the
CLI
• Session-Timeout—Maximum number of seconds allowed for the user’s session.
Regardless of whether you configure the user and attributes on RADIUS servers or the switch’s local database, the
VLAN attribute is required. The other attributes are optional.