3Com WXR100 3CRWXR10095A, WX4400 3CRWX440095A manual Configuring AAA for Network Users

500CHAPTER 21: CONFIGURING AAA FOR NETWORK USERS

About the Location Each WX switch can have one location policy. The location policy consists of Policy a set of rules. Each rule contains conditions, and an action to perform if all

conditions in the rule match. The location policy can contain up to 50 rules.

The action can be one of the following:

„Deny access to the network

„Permit access, but set or change the user’s VLAN assignment, inbound ACL, outbound ACL, or any combination of these attributes

The conditions can be one or more of the following:

„AAA-assigned VLAN

„Username

„MAP access port, Distributed MAP number, or wired authentication port through which the user accessed the network

„SSID name with which the user is associated

Conditions within a rule are ANDed. All conditions in the rule must match in order for MSS to take the specified action. If the location policy contains multiple rules, MSS compares the user information to the rules one at a time, in the order the rules appear in the switch’s configuration file, beginning with the rule at the top of the list. MSS continues comparing until a user matches all conditions in a rule or until there are no more rules.

Any authorization attributes not changed by the location policy remain active.

How the Location Although structurally similar, the location policy and security ACLs have Policy Differs from a different functions. The location policy on a WX switch can be used to Security ACL locally redirect a user to a different VLAN or locally control the traffic to

and from a user.

In contrast, security ACLs are packet filters applied to the user throughout a Mobility Domain. (For more information, see Chapter 19, “Configuring and Managing Security ACLs,” on page 377.)

You can use the location policy to locally apply a security ACL to a user.