ZyXEL Communications Prestige 128 user manual Menu 23.2 System Security External Server

This will bring you to Menu 23.2 - System Security - External Server.

Figure 12-1 Menu 23.2 - System Security - External Server

The fields in the System Security - External Server menu are as follows:

1.Active - Determines whether the external security facility is enabled. If this field contains No, only the built-in dial-up user list will be used. If this field contains Yes, the built-in dial-up user list will be searched first, then the external authentication server.

2.Type - Determines the type of the external authentication server. At present only the RADIUS type is supported.

3.Server Address - The IP address of your network’s UNIX- based RADIUS server.

4.Port # - The IP port address used by the authentication server. The default value of 1645 should be used.

5.Key - A “password” used to identify the Prestige as a valid client of the RADIUS authentication service.

The Key password should be stored in the client file in the RADIUS server’s /etc/raddb directory. Lines of the form

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