User's Manual

Setting Up External User Authentication

6. TypethebaseDNintheBaseDNofuserLDAPserverfield.The

basedistinguishedname(DN)isthetopleveloftheLDAPdirectory

tree.ItindicateswhereintheLDAPdirectoryyouwanttobegin

searchingforusercredentials.

7. SelectthetypeofLDAPserverfromthedrop‐downli

stintheType

ofexternalLDAPserverfield.Yourchoicesare:

 GenericLDAPServer

 NovellDirectoryService

 MicrosoftActiveDirectory

8. Typethefollowinginformationinthecorrespondingfields.LDAP

needsthisinformationtoverifyusernamesandpasswords.

 Loginnameattribute(alsocalledas“Authori

zationString”)

 Userentryobjectclass

 Usersearchsubfilter(alsocalledas“BaseSearch”)

9. IfyouselectedMicrosoftActiveDirectoryinStep6,enterthe

domainnameintheActiveDirectoryDomainfield.

10. ClickApply.LDAPauthenticationisnowinplace.

Setting Up RADIUS Authentication

TosetupRADIUSauthentication:

1. ChooseDeviceSettings‐‐>Authentication.TheAuthentication

Settingswindowappears.TheRADIUSparametersappearonthe

rightsideofthewindow.



2. ClicktheradiobuttonlabeledRADIUS.

3. TypetheIPaddressoftheRADIUSserverintheServerfield.

4. TypethesharedsecretinSharedSecretfield.Thesharedsecretis

necessarytoprotectcommunicationwiththeRADIUSserver.