Configuring Authentication,
Authorization, and Accounting
Parameters
This chapter describes how to view and configure the following Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA)
parameters for WSSs:
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Local database entries for AAA processing of administrator and network client access
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RADIUS servers, for backend AAA processing of WSS administrator access and network client access
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Global 802.1X Settings
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Network client access rules
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WSS administrator access rules
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RADIUS proxy entries and 802.1Q mapping to provide AAA for clients of third-party APs
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Location policies for overriding authorization parameters assigned by AAA to network clients
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Mobility profiles for controlling network client access to specific AP ports, Distributed APs, or wired authentication
ports
Viewing and Configuring Users in the Local Database
The WSS contains a local database that can store user information for a Nortel WLAN 2300 System. You can use the
local database to create users and authenticate them, or you can use the local database in conjunction with a RADIUS
server. For example, although you might use a RADIUS server to manage most users, you could define IT staff as users
in the local database in the event that the RADIUS server is unavailable.
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