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3. Basic Configuration

and Ack-policy.

3.3.4 RADIUS Settings

Advanced Settings >> RADIUS Setting

RADIUS servers provide centralized authentication services to wireless clients. Two
RADIUS servers can be defined: one acts as a primary, and the other acts as a backup.

MAC address filtering based authentication requires a MAC address filter table to be
created in either the WHA-5500CPE (as described in Chapter 3.2.3 MAC Filtering Settings)
and/or the RADIUS server. During the authentication phase of a wireless station, the MAC
address filter table is searched for a match against the wireless client’s MAC address to
determine whether the station is to be allowed or denied to access the network.

To Enable RADIUS Server:

Server IP: The IP address of the RADIUS server.

Port Number: The port number that your RADIUS server uses for authentication. The
default setting is 1812.

RADIUS Type: RADIUS

Shared Secret: This is used by your RADIUS server in the Shared Secret field in RADIUS
protocol messages. The shared secret configured in the WHA-5500CPE must match the
shared secret configured in the RADIUS server. The shared secret can contain up to 64


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