Task 12: Configuring a RADIUS
server
Chapter 2: Configuration and alignment
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Set
User Authentication Mode
on the AP‘s Account > User Authentication tab (the tab only
appears after the AP is set to RADIUS authentication) 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.
Either the same RADIUS server used for SM authentication and authorization can be used for user
authentication and accounting (access control), or a separate RADIUS accounting server can be used.
Indicate your network design under
User Authentication Server
.
If separate accounting server(s) are used, configure the IP address(es) and
Shared Secret
(s) in the
Accounting
Server
fields. The default
Shared Secret
is ―CanopyAcctSecret‖. Up to 3 servers can be used for redundancy.
Servers 2 and 3 are meant for backup and reliability, not
splitting the database. If Server 1 doesn‘t respond, Server 2 is tried, and then server 3. If Server 1 rejects
authentication, Server 2 is not tried.
Figure 34
User Authentication tab of the AP
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