Configuring H.323 Gatekeepers and Proxies

H.323 Gatekeeper Configuration Task List

 

Command

Purpose

Step 4

 

 

Router(config)# radius-server key {0 string 7

Sets the authentication and encryption key for all

 

string string}

RADIUS communications between the router and the

 

 

RADIUS daemon.

 

 

The arguments are as follows:

 

 

0—Specifies that an unencrypted key will follow.

 

 

string—Specifies the unencrypted (cleartext)

 

 

shared key.

 

 

7—Specifies that a hidden key will follow.

 

 

string—Specifies the hidden shared key.

 

 

string—Specifies the unencrypted (cleartext)

 

 

shared key.

Step 5

 

 

Router(config)# gatekeeper

Enters gatekeeper configuration mode.

Step 6

 

 

Router(config-gk)# security {any h323-id e164}

Enables authentication and authorization on a

 

{password default password password separator

gatekeeper.

 

character}

The keywords and arguments are as follows:

 

 

 

 

any—Uses the first alias of an incoming

 

 

Registration, Admission, and Status (RAS)

 

 

registration, regardless of its type, as the means

 

 

of identifying the user to RADIUS/TACACS+.

 

 

h323-id—Uses the first H.323 ID type alias as

 

 

the means of identifying the user to

 

 

RADIUS/TACACS+.

 

 

e164—Uses the first E.164 address type alias as

 

 

the means of identifying the user to

 

 

RADIUS/TACACS+.

 

 

password default password—Specifies the

 

 

default password that the gatekeeper associates

 

 

with endpoints when authenticating them with an

 

 

authentication server. The password must be

 

 

identical to the password on the authentication

 

 

server.

 

 

 

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