Defining RADIUS Clients

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Defining RADIUS Remote Authorization Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) servers provide

Clientsadditional security for networks. RADIUS servers provide a centralized authentication method for 802.1X.

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To configure the RADIUS client:

1Click Security > RADIUS Client > Configure. The RADIUS Client Configure Page opens:

Figure 27 RADIUS Client Configure Page

The RADIUS Client Configure Page contains the following fields:

Primary Server — Defines the RADIUS Primary Server authentication fields.

Backup Server — Defines the RADIUS Backup Server authentication fields.

IP Address — Defines the RADIUS Server IP address.

UDP Port — Defines the authentication port. The authentication port is used to verify RADIUS server authentication. The authentication port default is 1812.

Max Retries — Defines the number of transmitted requests sent to the RADIUS server before a failure occurs. Possible field values are 1-30. The default value is 2.

Timeout — Defines the amount of time (in seconds) the device waits for an answer from the RADIUS server before retrying the query, or

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