Chapter 13 Internal RADIUS Server

 

Table 54 Internal RADIUS Server Setting Screen Setting (continued)

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

Type

This field displays what kind of certificate this is.

 

 

REQ represents a certification request and is not yet a valid certificate. Send a

 

 

certification request to a certification authority, which then issues a certificate. Use

 

 

the My Certificate Import screen to import the certificate and replace the request.

 

 

SELF represents a self-signed certificate.

 

 

*SELF represents the default self-signed certificate, which the ZyXEL Device uses

 

 

to sign imported trusted remote host certificates.

 

 

CERT represents a certificate issued by a certification authority.

 

 

 

 

Subject

This field displays identifying information about the certificate’s owner, such as CN

 

 

(Common Name), OU (Organizational Unit or department), O (Organization or

 

 

company) and C (Country). It is recommended that each certificate have unique

 

 

subject information.

 

 

 

 

Issuer

This field displays identifying information about the certificate’s issuing certification

 

 

authority, such as a common name, organizational unit or department,

 

 

organization or company and country. With self-signed certificates, this is the

 

 

same information as in the Subject field.

 

 

 

 

Valid From

This field displays the date that the certificate becomes applicable. The text

 

 

displays in red and includes a Not Yet Valid! message if the certificate has not yet

 

 

become applicable.

 

 

 

 

Valid To

This field displays the date that the certificate expires. The text displays in red and

 

 

includes an Expiring! or Expired! message if the certificate is about to expire or

 

 

has already expired.

 

 

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to have the ZyXEL Device use certificates to authenticate wireless

 

 

clients.

 

 

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to start configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

 

13.3 Trusted AP Overview

A trusted AP is an AP that uses the ZyXEL Device’s internal RADIUS server to authenticate its wireless clients. Each wireless client must have a user name and password configured in the AUTH. SERVER > Trusted Users screen.

The following figure shows how this is done in two phases.

 

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