NETGEAR WFS709TP-100NAS Chapter Configuring AAA Servers, Configuring an External Radius Server

Chapter 6

Configuring AAA Servers

You can use an external authentication server or an internal user database to authenticate users who need to access the wireless network.

This chapter describes how to configure theWFS709TP ProSafe Smart Wireless Switch to interface with an external Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS) server, and how to add entries into the internal database.

Note: In order for an external authentication server to process requests from the WFS709TP, you must configure the server to recognize the WFS709TP. Refer to

the vendor documentation for the external authentication server for information on how to do this.

This chapter describes the following topics:

•“Configuring an External RADIUS Server” on page 6-1

•“Adding Users to the Internal Database” on page 6-3

•“Configuring Authentication Timers” on page 6-4

Configuring an External RADIUS Server

To configure RADIUS authentication servers on the WFS709TP:

1.Collect the following required information for RADIUS server configuration (Table 6-1).

Table 6-1. RADIUS Server Configuration Information

Parameter	Description
Server Name	Name of the RADIUS authentication server
IP Address	IP address of the authentication serve
Shared Secret	Shared secret between the WFS709TP and the authentication server
Authentication Port	Authentication port on the server (default is 1812)
Accounting Port	Accounting port on the server (default is 1813)
	6-1

v1.0, June 2007