Allied Telesis AT-WA7501, AT-WA7500 manual About the Embedded Authentication Server EAS

AT-WA7500 and AT-WA7501 Installation and User’s Guide

About the Embedded Authentication Server (EAS)

The AT-WA7500 and AT-WA7501 access points have an embedded authentication server (EAS), which is an internal RADIUS server. In your network, you can use the EAS on any access point. The EAS can act as:

ˆa password server that maintains a list of logins of users who can configure and manage the access point.

ˆa RADIUS server that maintains an ACL, which is a list of MAC addresses that can connect to the network.

ˆa RADIUS server that maintains a list of RADIUS clients (usually access points) that are authorized to connect to the network.

ˆa RADIUS server that authorizes TLS, TTLS, and PEAP clients to connect to the network.

If you use the EAS, you may not need to buy an external RADIUS server. An EAS supports up to 128 database entries. If you need more database entries, you may be able to use the EAS on different access points for different purposes. For example, you can use the EAS on one access point as a password server and another EAS on another access point as the authentication server.

This table lists the maximum number of end devices that an EAS supports if you turn on the end devices at the same time. However, if you turn on the end devices in groups, the EAS supports 128 clients with unique security credentials.

Table 56. Maximum Number of Simultaneous

Authentications Supported

Type of RADIUS Server	Maximum
	Authentications
Password server	128
ACL authentication server	128
802.1x authentication	60
server

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