User's Manual

hwc_vnsconfiguration.fm
Virtual Network configuration
Authentication for a VNS
A31003-W1050-U100-2-7619,
March 2008
HiPath Wireless Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software V5 R1 , C20/C2400 User Guide 181
10. In the Auth. Type drop-down list, click the authentication protocol to be used
by the RADIUS server to authenticate the wireless device users. The
authentication protocol applies to a VNS with Captive Portal authentication:
•PAP – Password Authentication Protocol
• CHAP – Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
• MS-CHAP – Windows-specific version of CHAP
• MS-CHAP2 – Windows-specific version of CHAP, version 2
11. In the Include VSA Attributes section, click the appropriate checkboxes to
include the Vendor Specific Attributes in the message to the RADIUS server:
•AP’s
•VNS’s
• SSID
The Vendor Specific Attributes must be defined on the RADIUS server.
12. If appropriate, select the Reset to Primary checkbox. This checkbox is
visible when a RADIUS server has not yet been selected as a primary server,
or if the server you are configuring has already been selected as the primary
server, the Reset to Primary checkbox is selected.
RADIUS redundancy defines additional backup RADIUS servers that the
system will attempt to communicate with in case a connection with the
identified primary server fails. If connection to an active primary server fails,
the system automatically attempts to connect to one of the alternate servers
in sequence. If the system succeeds in registering with a defined alternate
server, it becomes the active primary server, which is identified by the A on
the list. You can subsequently reset or change the identification of the primary
server by selecting the applicable Reset to Primary checkbox.
13. To save your changes, click Save.
Note: If you have already assigned a server to either MAC-based
authentication or accounting, and you want to use it again for authentication,
highlight its name in the list next to the Up and Down buttons and select the
Use server for Authentication checkbox. The server’s default information is
displayed.
6.6.2.1 Defining the RADIUS server priority for RADIUS
redundancy
If more than one server has been defined for any type of authentication, you can
define the priority of the servers in the case of failover.