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Chapter 17 Internal RADIUS Server

17.5 Technical Reference

This section provides some technical background information about the topics
covered in this chapter.
A trusted AP is an AP that uses the NWA's internal RADIUS server to authenticate
its wireless clients. Each wireless client must have a user name and password
configured in the AUTH. SERVER > Trusted Users screen.
The following figure shows how this is done. Wireless clients make access requests
to trusted APs, which relay the requests to the NWA.
Figure 124 Trusted APs Overview
ZyXEL RADIUS Server
Take the following steps to set up trusted APs and trusted users.
Configure an IP address and shared secret in the Trusted AP database to specify
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an AP as trusted.
Configure wireless client user names and passwords in the Trusted Users
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database to use a trusted AP as a relay between the NWA's internal RADIUS
server and the wireless clients.
The wireless clients can then be authenticated by the NWA's internal RADIUS
server.
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Trusted APs
Wireless clients
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