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Chapter 7 Configuring RADIUS Servers

Configuring and Enabling RADIUS

Configuring RADIUS

This section describes how to configure your access point to support RADIUS. At a minimum, you must identify the host or hosts that run the RADIUS server software and define the method lists for RADIUS authentication. You can optionally define method lists for RADIUS authorization and accounting.

A method list defines the sequence and methods to be used to authenticate, to authorize, or to keep accounts on a user. You can use method lists to designate one or more security protocols to be used, thus ensuring a backup system if the initial method fails. The software uses the first method listed to authenticate, to authorize, or to keep accounts on users; if that method does not respond, the software selects the next method in the list. This process continues until there is successful communication with a listed method or the method list is exhausted.

You should have access to and should configure a RADIUS server before configuring RADIUS features on your access point.

This section contains this configuration information:

•Default RADIUS Configuration, page 7-4

•Identifying the RADIUS Server Host, page 7-5(required)

•Configuring RADIUS Login Authentication, page 7-7(required)

•Defining AAA Server Groups, page 7-9(optional)

•Configuring RADIUS Authorization for User Privileged Access and Network Services, page 7-11(optional)

•Starting RADIUS Accounting, page 7-12(optional)

•Selecting the CSID Format, page 7-13(optional)

•Configuring Settings for All RADIUS Servers, page 7-13(optional)

•Configuring the Access Point to Use Vendor-Specific RADIUS Attributes, page 7-14(optional)

•Configuring the Access Point for Vendor-Proprietary RADIUS Server Communication, page 7-15(optional)

•Configuring WISPr RADIUS Attributes, page 7-16(optional)

Note The RADIUS server CLI commands are disabled until you enter the aaa new-modelcommand.

Default RADIUS Configuration

RADIUS and AAA are disabled by default.

To prevent a lapse in security, you cannot configure RADIUS through a network management application. When enabled, RADIUS can authenticate users accessing the access point through the CLI.

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