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482 Configuring Communication with RADIUS
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Configuring Individual RADIUS Servers
You must set up a name and IP address for each RADIUS server. To configure a RADIUS server, use the
following command:
set radius server server-name [address ip-address] [key string]
The server name must be unique for this RADIUS server on this WSS switch. The key (password) string is the
shared secret that the WSS switch uses to authenticate itself to the RADIUS server. Do not use the same name
for a RADIUS server and a RADIUS server group.
For example, the following command names a RADIUS server rs1 with the IP address 192.168.0.2 and the
key testing123:
2370# set radius server rs1 address 192.168.0.2 key testing123
success: change accepted.
You can configure multiple RADIUS servers. When you define server names and keys, case is significant. For
example:
2370# set radius server rs1 address 10.6.7.8 key seCret
success: change accepted.
2370# set radius server rs2 address 10.6.7.9 key BigSecret
success: change accepted.
(You can configure additional parameters with set radius server, such as the UDP ports used for AAA
services and the timeout period. For details, see the Nortel Mobility System Software Command Reference.)
You must configure RADIUS servers into server groups before you can access them. For information on
creating server groups, see “Configuring RADIUS Server Groups” on page 483.
Note. You must provide RADIUS servers with names that are unique. To prevent
confusion, Nortel recommends that RADIUS server names differ in ways other than case.
For example, avoid naming two servers RS1 and rs1.