Chapter 23 Port Authentication

23.2 RADIUS Screen

To open this screen, click Advanced Application, Port Authentication.Figure 86 RADIUS

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 52 RADIUS

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

802.1x

Click 802.1x to configure individual port authentication settings (see Section

 

23.3 on page 183).

 

 

Enable

Select this check box to have the IES-612-51A use an external RADIUS server

Authentication

to authenticate users.

Server

 

 

 

IP Address

Enter the IP address of the external RADIUS server in dotted decimal notation.

 

 

UDP Port

The default port of the RADIUS server for authentication is 1812. You need not

 

change this value unless your network administrator instructs you to do so.

 

 

Shared Secret

Specify a password (up to 31 alphanumeric characters) as the key to be shared

 

between the external RADIUS server and the switch. This key is not sent over

 

the network. This key must be the same on the external RADIUS server and the

 

switch.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes to the IES-612-51A’s volatile memory. The

 

IES-612-51A loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the

 

Config Save link on the navigation panel to save your changes to the non-

 

volatile memory when you are done configuring.

 

 

Enable Local Profile

Select this check box to have the IES-612-51A use its internal database of user

Setting

names and passwords to authenticate users.

 

 

Name

Type the user name of the user profile.

 

 

Password

Type a password up to 31 characters long for this user profile.

 

 

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