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RADIUS is a simple package exchange in which your AP acts as a message relay between the
wireless client and the network RADIUS server.
Types of RADIUS Messages
The following types of RADIUS messages are exchanged between the access point and the RADIUS
server for user authentication:
• Access-Request
Sent by an access point requesting authentication.
• Access-Reject
Sent by a RADIUS server rejecting access.
• Access-Accept
Sent by a RADIUS server allowing access.
• Access-Challenge
Sent by a RADIUS server requesting more information in order to allow access. The access point
sends a proper response from the user and then sends another Access-Request message.
The following types of RADIUS messages are exchanged between the access point and the RADIUS
server for user accounting:
• Accounting-Request
Sent by the access point requesting accounting.
• Accounting-Response
Sent by the RADIUS server to indicate that it has started or stopped accounting.
In order to ensure network security, the access point and the RADIUS server use a shared secret
key, which is a password, they both know. The key is not sent over the network. In addition to the
shared key, password information exchanged is also encrypted to protect the network from
unauthorized access.
Types of EAP Authentication
This section discusses some popular authentication types: EAP-MD5, EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS, PEAP and
LEAP. Your wireless LAN device may not support all authentication types.
EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) is an authentication protocol that runs on top of the IEEE
802.1x transport mechanism in order to support multiple types of user authentication. By using EAP
to interact with an EAP-compatible RADIUS server, an access point helps a wireless station and a
RADIUS server perform authentication.
The type of authentication you use depends on the RADIUS server and an intermediary AP(s) that
supports IEEE 802.1x.
For EAP-TLS authentication type, you must first have a wired connection to the network and obtain
the certificate(s) from a certificate authority (CA). A certificate (also called digital IDs) can be used
to authenticate users and a CA issues certificates and guarantees the identity of each certificate
owner.
Summary of Contents for AMG1202-T series
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Page 28: ...Chapter 2 Introducing the Web Configurator AMG1302 AMG1202 TSeries User s Guide 28 ...
Page 61: ...Chapter 4 Tutorials AMG1302 AMG1202 TSeries User s Guide 61 Tutorial Advanced QoS Class Setup ...
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Page 150: ...Chapter 10 Quality of Service QoS AMG1302 AMG1202 TSeries User s Guide 150 ...
Page 160: ...Chapter 11 Network Address Translation NAT AMG1302 AMG1202 TSeries User s Guide 160 ...
Page 172: ...Chapter 14 Filters AMG1302 AMG1202 TSeries User s Guide 172 ...
Page 194: ...Chapter 16 Parental Control AMG1302 AMG1202 TSeries User s Guide 194 ...
Page 200: ...Chapter 17 Certificate AMG1302 AMG1202 TSeries User s Guide 200 ...
Page 206: ...Chapter 19 Traffic Status AMG1302 AMG1202 TSeries User s Guide 206 ...
Page 208: ...Chapter 20 User Account AMG1302 AMG1202 TSeries User s Guide 208 ...
Page 212: ...Chapter 21 TR 069 Client AMG1302 AMG1202 TSeries User s Guide 212 ...
Page 216: ...Chapter 22 System Settings AMG1302 AMG1202 TSeries User s Guide 216 ...
Page 222: ...Chapter 24 Backup Restore AMG1302 AMG1202 TSeries User s Guide 222 ...
Page 234: ...Chapter 25 Remote Management AMG1302 AMG1202 TSeries User s Guide 234 ...
Page 238: ...Chapter 26 Diagnostic AMG1302 AMG1202 TSeries User s Guide 238 ...
Page 244: ...Chapter 27 Troubleshooting AMG1302 AMG1202 TSeries User s Guide 244 ...
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