Data pane item

Description

ADMIN-DN

Enter a distinguished name for the admin user with read/search privileges across

 

all the entries in the LDAP database (the admin user need not have write

 

privileges, but the admin user must be able to search the database, and read

 

attributes of other users in the database).

 

 

ADMIN

Enter a password for the admin.

PASSWORD

 

 

 

RETYPE ADMIN

Retype the password for the admin.

PASSWORD

 

 

 

BASE-DN

Enter a distinguished name for the node that contains the entire user database.

 

 

FILTER

Specify the filter to apply when searching for a user in the LDAP database. The

 

default filter string is (objectclass=*).

 

 

KEY ATTRIBUTE

Specify the attribute to use as a key while searching for the LDAP server. For Active

 

Directory, the value is sAMAccountName.

TIMEOUT

Enter a value between 1 and 30 seconds. The default value is 5.

RETRY COUNT

Enter a value between 1 and 5. The default value is 3.

nCoA — To configure a CoA, select CoA only. The RADIUS server is automatically selected.

Table 23: Parameters for CoA

Data pane item

Description

NAME

Enter the name of the server.

 

 

IP ADDRESS

Enter the IP address of the server.

 

 

BONJOUR

Enter a port number for sending Bonjour support CoA on a different port than on

SUPPORT CoA

the standard CoA port. The default value is 5999.

PORT

 

SHARED KEY

Enter a shared key for communicating with the external RADIUS server.

RETYPE KEY

Re-enter the shared key.

4.Click Save Server.

To assign the RADIUS authentication server to a network profile, select the newly added server when configuring security settings for a wireless or wired network profile.

You can also add an external RADIUS server by selecting New for Authentication Server when configuring a WLAN or wired profile. For more information, see Configuring security settings for a WLAN SSID profile on page 27.

Configuring dynamic RADIUS proxy parameters

The RADIUS server can be deployed at different locations and VLANs. In most cases, a centralized RADIUS or local server is used to authenticate users. However, some user networks can use a local RADIUS server for employee authentication and a centralized RADIUS based captive portal server for guest authentication. To

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