Prestige 334W User’s Guide

 

Table 32-2 Menu 23.4 System Security : IEEE802.1x

 

 

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Authentication

The authentication database contains wireless station login information. The local user

Databases

database is the built-in database on the ZyAIR. The RADIUS is an external server. Use

 

this field to decide which database the ZyAIR should use (first) to authenticate a

 

wireless station.

 

Before you specify the priority, make sure you have set up the corresponding

 

database correctly first.

 

When you configure Key Management Protocol to WPA, the Authentication

 

Databases must be RADIUS Only. You can only use the Local User

 

Database with 802.1x Key Management Protocol.

 

Select Local User Database Only to have the ZyAIR just check the built-in

 

user database on the ZyAIR for a wireless station's username and password.

 

Select RADIUS Only to have the ZyAIR just check the user database on the

 

specified RADIUS server for a wireless station's username and password.

 

Select Local first, then RADIUS to have the ZyAIR first check the user

 

database on the ZyAIR for a wireless station's username and password. If the

 

user name is not found, the ZyAIR then checks the user database on the

 

specified RADIUS server.

 

Select RADIUS first, then Local to have the ZyAIR first check the user database on

 

the specified RADIUS server for a wireless station's username and password. If the

 

ZyAIR cannot reach the RADIUS server, the ZyAIR then checks the local user

 

database on the ZyAIR. When the user name is not found or password does not match

 

in the RADIUS server, the ZyAIR will not check the local user database and the

 

authentication fails.

 

 

When you have completed this menu, press [ENTER] at the prompt “Press ENTER to confirm or ESC to cancel” to save your configuration or press [ESC] to cancel and go back to the previous screen.

Once you enable user authentication, you need to specify an external RADIUS server or create local user accounts on the Prestige for authentication.

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