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Configuring a RADIUS server
PMP 450 Operations Guide
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Figure 9 User Authentication tab of the AP
SM Technician/Installer/Administrator
Authentication
To control technician, installer, and administrator access to the SM from a centralized
RADIUS
server:
1
Set Authentication Mode on the APs Configuration > Security tab to RADIUS
AAA
(RADIUS)
2
Set User Authentication Mode on the APs Account > User
Authentication
and
Access Tracking tab
(the tab only appears after the AP is set to AAA authentication) to Remote or Remote then
Local
.
3
Set User Authentication Mode on the SM‘s Account > User Authentication and Access Tracking
tab to Remote or Remote then Local.
Local: The local SM is checked for accounts. No centralized
RADIUS
accounting (access control)
is
performed.
Remote: Authentication by the centralized RADIUS server
is
required to gain access to
the SM if the SM is registered to an
AP
that has RADIUS AAA Authentication Mode
selected. For up to
2
minutes a test pattern will be displayed until the server responds
or
times
out.
Remote then Local: Authentication using the centralized
RADIUS
server is attempted. If
the server sends a reject message, then
the
setting of Allow Local Login after Reject from
AAA determines
if
the local user database is checked or not. If the configured
servers
do
not
respond within 2 minutes, then the local user database
is
used. The successful login method is
displayed in the
navigation
column of the SM.