594 Configuring AAA for network users
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Configuring access for any users of a non-tagged SSID

If SSID traffic from the third-party AP is untagged, use the same configuration commands as the ones required for
802.1X users, except the set radius proxy port command. This command is not required and is not applicable to
untagged SSID traffic. In addition, when configuring the wired authentication port, use the auth-fall-thru option to
change the fallthru authentication type to last-resort or web-portal.
On the RADIUS server, configure username web-portal-wired or last-resort-wired, depending on the fallthru authenti-
cation type specified for the wired authentication port.

Assigning authorization attributes

Authorization attributes can be assigned to users in the local database, on remote servers, or in the service profile of the
SSID the user logs into. The attributes, which include access control list (ACL) filters, VLAN membership, encryption
type, session time-out period, and other session characteristics, let you control how and when users access the network.
When a user or group is authenticated, the local database, RADIUS server, or service profile passes the authorization
attributes to WSS Software to characterize the user’s session.
If attributes are configured for a user and also for the group the user is in, the attributes assigned to the individual user
take precedence for that user. For example, if the start-date attribute configured for a user is sooner than the start-date
configured for the user group the user is in, the user’s network access can begin as soon as the user start-date. The user
does not need to wait for the user group’s start date.
The VLAN attribute is required. WSS Software can authorize a user to access the network only if the VLAN to place the
user on is specified.
Table 38 lists the authorization attributes supported by WSS Software. (For brief descriptions of all the RADIUS attri-
butes and Nortel vendor-specific attributes supported by WSS Software, as well as the vendor ID and types for Nortel
VSAs configured on a RADIUS server, see “Supported RADIUS attributes” on page 795.)