Advanced Configuration 6

MAC Address Format – MAC addresses can be specified in one of four formats, using no delimeter, with a single dash delimeter, with multiple dash delimeters, and with multiple colon delimeters.

VLAN ID Format – A VLAN ID (a number between 1 and 4094) can be assigned to each client after successful authentication using IEEE 802.1X and a central RADIUS server. The user VLAN IDs must be configured on the RADIUS server for each user authorized to access the network. VLAN IDs can be entered as hexadecimal numbers or as ASCII strings.

Primary Radius Server Setup – Configure the following settings to use RADIUS authentication on the access point.

•IP Address: Specifies the IP address or host name of the RADIUS server.

•Port: The UDP port number used by the RADIUS server for authentication

messages. (Range: 1024-65535; Default: 1812)

•Key: A shared text string used to encrypt messages between the access point and the RADIUS server. Be sure that the same text string is specified on the RADIUS server. Do not use blank spaces in the string. (Maximum length: 255 characters)

•Timeout: Number of seconds the access point waits for a reply from the RADIUS

server before resending a request. (Range: 1-60 seconds; Default: 5)

•Retransmit attempts: The number of times the access point tries to resend a

request to the RADIUS server before authentication fails. (Range: 1-30; Default: 3)

•Accounting Port: The RADIUS Accounting server UDP port used for accounting

messages. (Range: 0 or 1024-65535; Default: 0, disabled)

•Interim Update Timeout: The interval between transmitting accounting updates to

the RADIUS server. (Range: 60-86400; Default: 3600 seconds)

Note: For the Timeout and Retransmit attempts fields, accept the default values unless you experience problems connecting to the RADIUS server over the network.

Secondary Radius Server Setup – Configure a secondary RADIUS server to provide a backup in case the primary server fails. The access point uses the secondary server if the primary server fails or becomes inaccessible. Once the access point switches over to the secondary server, it periodically attempts to establish communication again with primary server. If communication with the primary server is re-established, the secondary server reverts to a backup role.

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SMC2552W-G2-17, SMC2552W-G2 specifications

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