Interlogix NS3500-28T-4S User Manual User Manual

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The page includes the following fields:

Object

Description

Server Definition

Set the server definition.

Server IP

Address of the Radius server IP/name.

Authetication Port

The UDP port to use on the RADIUS Authentication Server. If the port is set to

0 (zero), the default port (1812) is used on the RADIUS Authentication Server.

Acct Port

The UDP port to use on the RADIUS Accounting Server. If the port is set to 0

(zero), the default port (1813) is used on the RADIUS Accounting Server.

Key String

The shared key - shared between the RADIUS Authentication Server and the

switch.

Timeout for Reply

The Timeout, which can be set to a number between 1 and 30 seconds, is the

maximum time to wait for a reply from a server.

If the server does not reply within this timeframe, we will consider it to be dead

and continue with the next enabled server (if any).

RADIUS servers are using the UDP protocol, which is unreliable by design. In

order to cope with lost frames, the timeout interval is divided into 3 subintervals

of equal length. If a reply is not received within the subinterval, the request is

transmitted again. This algorithm causes the RADIUS server to be queried up

to 3 times before it is considered to be dead.

Retries

Timeout is the number of seconds, in the range 1 to 10, to wait for a reply from

a RADIUS server before retransmitting the request.

Server Priority

Set the server priority.

Dead Time

The Dead Time, which can be set to a number between 0 and 3600 seconds, is

the period during which the switch will not send new requests to a server that

has failed to respond to a previous request. This will stop the switch from

continually trying to contact a server that it has already determined as dead.

Setting the Dead Time to a value greater than 0 (zero) will enable this feature,

but only if more than one server has been configured.

Usage Type

Set the usage type. The following modes are available:

Login

802.1X

All

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