SMC Networks SMC8150L2 manual Radius Client Commands Function Mode

Authentication Commands 4

Command Usage

•RADIUS uses UDP while TACACS+ uses TCP. UDP only offers best effort delivery, while TCP offers a connection-oriented transport. Also, note that RADIUS encrypts only the password in the access-request packet from the client to the server, while TACACS+ encrypts the entire body of the packet.

•RADIUS and TACACS+ logon authentication assigns a specific privilege level for each user name and password pair. The user name, password, and privilege level must be configured on the authentication server.

•You can specify three authentication methods in a single command to indicate the authentication sequence. For example, if you enter “authentication enable radius tacacs local,” the user name and password on the RADIUS server is verified first. If the RADIUS server is not available, then authentication is attempted on the TACACS+ server. If the TACACS+ server is not available, the local user name and password is checked.

Example

Console(config)#authentication enable radius

Console(config)#

Related Commands

enable password - sets the password for changing command modes (4-26)

RADIUS Client

Remote Authentication Dial-in User Service (RADIUS) is a logon authentication protocol that uses software running on a central server to control access to RADIUS-aware devices on the network. An authentication server contains a database of multiple user name/password pairs with associated privilege levels for each user or group that require management access to a switch.

Table 4-29 RADIUS Client Commands

Command	Function	Mode	Page
radius-server host	Specifies the RADIUS server	GC	4-74
radius-server port	Sets the RADIUS server network port	GC	4-74
radius-server key	Sets the RADIUS encryption key	GC	4-75
radius-server retransmit	Sets the number of retries	GC	4-75
radius-server timeout	Sets the interval between sending authentication requests	GC	4-76
show radius-server	Shows the current RADIUS settings	PE	4-76

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