Patton electronic SmartNode 4110 Series manual Configuring Radius clients

SmartWare Software Configuration Guide 8 • RADIUS Client Configuration

Transactions between the RADIUS client and server are authenticated through the use of a shared secret, which is never sent over the network—the same secret must thus be known to the server and the client by configuration. Using this secret as an encryption key, user passwords are sent encrypted between the client and RADIUS server.

Configuring RADIUS clients

If the AAA profiles you have defined make use of the RADIUS AAA method, you must configure the corre- sponding RADIUS clients. To configure RADIUS clients, do the following steps:

Mode: Configure

Step	Command	Purpose
1	node(cfg)#radius-client name	Adds a RADIUS client with name name and
		enters RADIUS-client configuration mode
2	node(radius)[name]#radius-server host-	Sets the hostname (or IP address) of the remote
	name	RADIUS server
3	node(radius)[name]#shared-secret	Sets the password shared between the RADIUS
	authentication secret	client and the remote RADIUS server.
4	node(radius)[name]#exit	Goes back to the parent configuration mode
5	node(cfg)#show radius-client name	Displays configured RADIUS servers

Example: Configure the RADIUS clients as shown in figure 15.

node>enable

node#configure node(cfg)#radius-client radius_deepblue node(radius)[radius_~]#radius-server deepblue node(radius)[radius_~]#shared-secret authentication 78f8a23b node(radius)[radius_~]#exit

node(cfg)#radius-client radius_extern node(radius)[radius_~]#radius-server 219.144.12.1 node(radius)[radius_~]#shared-secret authentication dd9351e13cc335 node(radius)[radius_~]#exit

node(cfg)#

node(cfg)#show radius-client RADIUS clients:

radius_deepblue radius_extern

node(cfg)#show radius-client radius_deepblue

AAARADIUS Module: radius_deepblue Authentication Shared Secret: 78f8a23b Timeout: 6

Sessions:

UDP Interface:

Configured Server Hostname: deepblue

node(cfg)#show radius-client radius_extern

AAAradius Module: radius_extern Authentication Shared Secret: dd9351e13cc335 Timeout: 6

Sessions:

UDP Interface:

Configured Server Hostname: 219.144.12.1

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