User guide

HWC_VNSConfiguration.fm
A31003-W1010-A100-1-7619, July 2005
HiPath Wireless Controller, Access Points and Convergence Software V3.0: User Guide
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Virtual Network configuration
Authentication for a VNS
2. In the right-hand portion of the screen, there are three options:
● Auth. to define authentication servers
● MAC to define servers for MAC-based authentication
● Acct. to define accounting servers
Select Auth. A box appears around this area of the screen.
3. From the drop-down list of RADIUS servers that were defined in the Global Settings
screen, select the server you wish to use for Captive Portal authentication. Click on the Use
button. The boxed area fills with fields displaying the default information about this server.
This server is no longer available in the drop-down list.
The server name now appears in the list of configured servers (beside the Up and Down
buttons) where it can be prioritized for RADIUS redundancy. It can also be assigned again
for MAC-based authentication or accounting purposes.
A red asterisk appears in the right-hand list, showing that a server has been assigned.
4. Fill in the following fields:
Port # The port used to access the RADIUS server (default: 1812)
# of Retries Number of times the HiPath Wireless Controller will attempt to access
the RADIUS server
Timeout The maximum time that a HiPath Wireless Controller will wait for a
response from the RADIUS server before attempting again