ZyXEL Communications GS-4012 User Manual

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Chapter 23 Authentication & Accounting

GS-4012F/4024 User’s Guide

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Figure 95 Advanced Application > Auth and Acct > RADIUS Server Setup

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 60 Advanced Application > Auth and Acct > RADIUS Server Setup

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Authentication

Server

Use this section to configure your RADIUS authentication settings.

Mode

This field is only valid if you configure multiple RADIUS servers.
Select index-priority and the Switch tries to authenticate with the first configured

RADIUS server, if the RADIUS server does not respond then the Switch tries to

authenticate with the second RADIUS server.
Select round-robin to alternate between the RADIUS servers that it sends

authentication requests to.

Timeout

Specify the amount of time in seconds that the Switch waits for an authentication

request response from the RADIUS server.
If you are using index-priority for your authentication and you are using two

RADIUS servers then the timeout value is divided between the two RADIUS

servers. For example, if you set the timeout value to 30 seconds, then the Switch

waits for a response from the first RADIUS server for 15 seconds and then tries the

second RADIUS server.

Index

This is a read-only number representing a RADIUS server entry.

IP Address

Enter the IP address of an external RADIUS server in dotted decimal notation.

UDP Port

The default port of a RADIUS server for authentication is 1812. You need not

change this value unless your network administrator instructs you to do so.

Shared Secret

Specify a password (up to 32 alphanumeric characters) as the key to be shared

between the external RADIUS server and the Switch. This key is not sent over the

network. This key must be the same on the external RADIUS server and the

Switch.

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