Chapter 17 Internal RADIUS Server
17.7 Technical Reference
This section provides some technical background information about the topics covered in this chapter.
A trusted AP is an AP that uses the NWA’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. Wireless clients make access requests to trusted APs, which relay the requests to the NWA.
Figure 128 Trusted APs Overview
ZyXEL RADIUS Server Trusted APs
Wireless clients
Take the following steps to set up trusted APs and trusted users.
1Configure an IP address and shared secret in the Trusted AP database to specify an AP as trusted.
2Configure wireless client user names and passwords in the Trusted Users database to use a trusted AP as a relay between the NWA’s internal RADIUS server and the wireless clients.
The wireless clients can then be authenticated by the NWA’s internal RADIUS server.
PEAP (Protected EAP) and MD5 authentication is implemented on the internal RADIUS server using simple username and password methods over a secure TLS connection. See Appendix B on page 319 for more information on the types of EAP authentication and the internal RADIUS authentication method used in your NWA.
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