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Chapter 9 Wireless Security Configuration

9.10 Introduction to RADIUS

RADIUS is based on a client-sever model that supports authentication and accounting, where
the access point is the client and the server is the RADIUS server. The RADIUS server handles
the following tasks, among others:
• Authentication
Determines the identity of the users.
• Accounting
Keeps track of the client's network activity.
The ZyXEL Device is equipped with an internal RADIUS server. See
175 for more details.

9.11 Configuring RADIUS

Use RADIUS if you want to authenticate wireless users using the internal authentication
server (see
You can configure up to four RADIUS server profiles. Each profile also has one backup
authentication server and a backup accounting server. These profiles can be assigned to an
SSID profile in the SSID configuration screen
To set up your ZyXEL Device's RADIUS server settings, click WIRELESS > RADIUS. The
screen appears as shown.

Figure 81 RADIUS

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 47 RADIUS

LABEL
Index
Profile Name
Primary
134
Section 15.1 on page 175) or an external server.
DESCRIPTION
Select the RADIUS profile you want to configure from the drop-down list box.
Type a name for the RADIUS profile associated with the Index number above.
Configure the fields below to set up user authentication and accounting.
Section 15.1 on page
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