Prestige 2602HW Series User’s Guide

Table 15 MAC Address Filter (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the Prestige.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

6.6 Network Authentication

You can set the Prestige and your network to authenticate a wireless station before the wireless station can communicate with the Prestige and the wired network to which the Prestige is connected.

6.6.1 EAP

EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) is an authentication protocol designed originally to run over PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) frame in order to support multiple types of user authentication. By using EAP to interact with an EAP-compatible RADIUS server, the access point helps a wireless station and a RADIUS server to perform mutual authentication.

6.6.1.1 RADIUS

RADIUS is based on a client-sever model that supports authentication, authorization and accounting. The access point is the client and the server is the RADIUS server. The RADIUS server handles the following tasks:

•Authentication

Determines the identity of the users.

•Authorization

Determines the network services available to authenticated users once they are connected to the network.

•Accounting

Keeps track of the client’s network activity.

RADIUS is a simple package exchange in which your Prestige acts as a message relay between the wireless station and the network RADIUS server.

6.6.1.2 Types of RADIUS Messages

The following types of RADIUS messages are exchanged between the access point and the RADIUS server for user authentication:

•Access-Request

Sent by an access point requesting authentication.

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