Cisco Systems DL-2159-05 manual Authenticator Configuration

Chapter 8 Security Setup

Setting Up MAC-Based Authentication

Note Step 2 and Step 3 describe entering MAC addresses in the access point management system. If you will enter MAC addresses only in a list used by the authentication server, skip to Step 4.

Step 2 Type a MAC address in the Dest MAC Address field. You can type the address with colons separating the character pairs (00:40:96:12:34:56, for example) or without any intervening characters (004096123456, for example).

Make sure the Allowed option is selected under the Dest MAC Address field.

Step 3 Click Add. The MAC address appears in the Existing MAC Address Filters list. The MAC address remains in the management system until you remove it. To remove the MAC address from the list, select it and click Remove.

Note Be sure to enter your own MAC address in the list of allowed addresses.

Step 4 If you plan to create a MAC address list that will be checked by the authentication server, select Yes for the option called Lookup MAC Address on Authentication Server if not in Existing Filter List. With this option enabled, the access point checks the authentication server’s MAC address list when a client device attempts to authenticate.

Step 5 Click Apply to save the list of MAC addresses in the access point management system.

Step 6 Click the Authentication Server link to go to the Authenticator Configuration page. Figure 8-11shows the Authenticator Configuration page.

Figure 8-11 Authenticator Configuration Page

Cisco Aironet 1200 Series Access Point Software Configuration Guide

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