ZyAIR B-500 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide

 

 

 

Table 6-8 Wireless: 802.1x + No WEP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LABEL

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

 

 

 

ReAuthentication

Specify how often wireless stations have to reenter usernames and passwords in

 

 

Timer (in

order to stay connected. This field is activated only when you select Authentication

 

 

Seconds)

Required in the Wireless Port Control field.

 

 

 

Enter a time interval between 10 and 9999 seconds. The default time interval is 1800

 

 

 

seconds (30 minutes).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If wireless station authentication is done using a RADIUS

 

 

 

 

 

server, the reauthentication timer on the RADIUS server has

 

 

 

 

 

priority.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Idle Timeout (in

The ZyAIR automatically disconnects a wireless station from the wired network after

 

 

Seconds)

a period of inactivity. The wireless station needs to enter the username and password

 

 

 

again before access to the wired network is allowed.

 

 

 

This field is activated only when you select Authentication Required in the Wireless

 

 

 

Port Control field. The default time interval is 3600 seconds (1 hour).

 

 

Authentication

This field is activated only when you select Authentication Required in the Wireless

 

 

Databases

Port Control field.

 

 

 

The authentication database contains wireless station login information. The local

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

server. Use this drop-down list box to select 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.

 

 

 

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.

 

Wireless Security

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