User guide

Chapter 5: Users, Groups, and Access Permissions

Implementing RADIUS Remote Authentication

RemoteAuthenticationDial‐inUserService(RADIUS)isanAAA

(authentication,authorization,andaccounting)protocolfornetwork

accessapplications.

¾ To use the RADIUS authentication protocol:

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1. TypetheIPAddressofyourprimaryand(optional)secondary

remoteauthenticationserversinthePrimaryRadiusServerand

SecondaryRadiusServerfields,respectively.

2. Typetheserversecretusedforauthentication(intheSharedSecret

fields).Thesharedsecretisacharacterstringthatmustbeknownby

boththeKXII‐10

1andtheRADIUSservertoallowthemto

communicatesecurely.Itisessentiallyapassword.

3. AuthenticationPort.Thedefaultauthenticationportis1812;change

asrequired.