RSA Security 6.1 User Manual

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RSA RADIUS Server 6.1 Administrator’s Guide

Administering RADIUS Clients

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4

Enter the IP address or DNS name of the RADIUS client in the

IP Address

field.

If you enter a DNS name, the RSA RADIUS Administrator resolves the
name you enter to its corresponding IP address and displays the result in the

IP Address

field.

See

“Shared

Secrets” on
page 6

.

5

Enter the RADIUS authentication shared secret for the RADIUS client in
the

Shared secret

field.

For privacy, asterisks are echoed as you type. You can choose

Unmask shared

secret

to display the characters in the shared secret.

After you complete configuration of the RADIUS authentication secret on
the server side, you must enter the same RADIUS authentication secret when
you configure the RADIUS client.

6

Use the

Make/model

list to choose the make and model of your RADIUS

client device.

The

Make/model

selection tells RSA RADIUS Server which dictionary of

RADIUS attributes to use when communicating with this client. If you are
not sure which make and model you are using or if your device is not in the
list, choose

- Standard Radius -

.

NOTE: For information about the various brands of RAS device supported by
RSA RADIUS Server, click the

Web Info

button.

7

If you want the RADIUS client to use different RADIUS secrets for
authentication and accounting:

a

Click the

Use different shared secret for accounting

checkbox.

b

Click the

Edit

button.

c

When the Accounting Shared Secret window (

Figure 14

) opens, enter the

RADIUS secret you want the RADIUS client to use for accounting.

Figure 14

Accounting Shared Secret Window

For privacy, asterisks are echoed as you type. You can click the

Unmask

checkbox to display the characters in the shared secret.

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