Sunfire B1600 manual Example, Consoleconfig#authentication login radius

Authentication methods may be specified in any order.

Default Setting

None

Command Mode

Global Configuration

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 can control management access through the console port, a Web browser, or Telnet. These access options must be configured on the authentication server.

■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 two or three authentication methods in a single command to indicate the authentication sequence. For example, if you enter authentication login radius local, the user name and password on the RADIUS server is verified first. If the RADIUS server is not available, then the local user name and password is checked.

Example

Console(config)#authentication login radius

Console(config)#

Related Commands

username – for setting the local user name and password (4-29)

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