NETGEAR WG102NA manual Configuring Network Authentication

NETGEAR ProSafe 802.11g Wireless Access Point WG102 Reference Manual

•Authentication/Access Control Radius Server Configuration. This configuration is required for authentication using Radius. IP Address, Port No. and Shared Secret is required for communication with Radius Server. A Secondary Radius Server can be configured which is used on failure on Primary Radius Server

•IP Address. The IP address of the Radius Server. The default is 0.0.0.0.

•Port Number. Port number of the Radius Server. The default is 1812.

•Shared Secret. This is shared between the Wireless Access Point and the Radius Server while authenticating the supplicant.

•Re-authentication Time. The time interval in seconds after which the supplicant will be authenticated again with the Radius Server. The default is 3600 seconds.

•Global-keyRe-Key Time. Check on this option to enable Re-keying of Global Key. The Global Key Re-Key can be done based on time interval in seconds or number of packets exchanged using the global key. The default is 3600 seconds.

•Update if any station disassociates. Check on this option to refresh global key when any stations disassociated with wireless Access Point.

•Accounting Radius Server Configuration. This configuration is required for accounting using Radius Server. IP Address, Port No. and Shared Secret is required for communication with Radius Server. A Secondary Radius Server can be configured which is used on failure on Primary Radius Server.

•IP Address. The IP address of the Radius Server. The default is 0.0.0.0.

•Port Number. Port number of the Radius Server. The default is 1813.

•Shared Secret. This is shared between the Wireless Access Point and the Radius Server while authenticating the supplicant.

Configuring Network Authentication

Follow the steps below:

1.Connect to the WG102 Access Point.

Log in at the default LAN address of http://192.168.0.229 with the user name of admin and default password of password, or using the LAN address and password that you set up.

2.If you are using Radius Server Settings, set them up first, as described in “Configuring the Radius Server Settings” on page 2-7.

2-8 Configuring Security

v1.0, July 2008