Prestige 2602H/HW Series User’s Guide

5.7 Configuring Local User Authentication

By storing user profiles locally, your Prestige is able to authenticate wireless users without interacting with a network RADIUS server. However, there is a limit on the number of users you may authenticate in this way.

To change your Prestige’s local user database, click Wireless LAN, Local User Database. The screen appears as shown.

Figure 38 Local User Database

The following table describes the fields in this screen.

Table 25 Local User Database

LABEL DESCRIPTION

#This is the index number of a local user account.

Active

Select this check box to enable the user profile.

User Name

Enter a user name of up to 31 alphanumeric characters (case-sensitive), hyphens ('-')

 

and underscores ('_') if you’re using MD5 encryption and maximum 14 if you’re using

 

PEAP.

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