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Table 165 Configuration > Object > AAA Server > RADIUS > Add/Edit (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Backup Server If the RADIUS server has a backup authentication server, enter its address here.
Address
Backup Specify the port number on the RADIUS server to which the UAG sends authentication
Authentication requests. Enter a number between 1 and 65535.
Port
Key Enter a password (up to 15 alphanumeric characters) as the key to be shared between
the external authentication server and the UAG.
The key is not sent over the network. This key must be the same on the external
authentication server and the UAG.
Accounting Server
Settings
Server Address Enter the IP address or Fully-Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of the RADIUS accounting
server.
Accounting Port Specify the port number on the RADIUS server to which the UAG sends accounting
information. Enter a number between 1 and 65535.
Backup Server If the RADIUS server has a backup accounting server, enter its address here.
Address
Backup Specify the port number on the RADIUS server to which the UAG sends accounting
Accounting Port information. Enter a number between 1 and 65535.
Key Enter a password (up to 15 alphanumeric characters) as the key to be shared between
the external accounting server and the UAG.
The key is not sent over the network. This key must be the same on the external
accounting server and the UAG.
Maximum Retry At times the UAG may not be able to use the primary RADIUS accounting server. Specify
Count the number of times the UAG should reattempt to use the primary RADIUS server before
attempting to use the secondary RADIUS server. This also sets how many times the UAG
will attempt to use the secondary RADIUS server.
For example, you set this field to 3. If the UAG does not get a response from the primary
RADIUS server, it tries again up to three times. If there is no response, the UAG tries the
secondary RADIUS server up to three times.
If there is also no response from the secondary RADIUS server, the UAG stops attempting
to authenticate the subscriber. The subscriber will see a message that says the RADIUS
server was not found.
Enable Accounting Select this to have the UAG send subscriber status updates to the RADIUS server at the
Interim update interval you specify.
Interim Interval Specify the time interval for how often the UAG is to send a subscriber status update to
the RADIUS server.
General Server
Settings
Timeout Specify the timeout period (between 1 and 300 seconds) before the UAG disconnects
from the RADIUS server. In this case, user authentication fails.
Search timeout occurs when either the user information is not in the RADIUS server or
the RADIUS server is down.
NAS IP Address If the RADIUS server requires the UAG to provide the Network Access Server IP address
attribute with a specific value, enter it here.
NAS Identifier If the RADIUS server requires the UAG to provide the Network Access Server identifier
attribute with a specific value, enter it here.
Case-sensitive Select this if the server checks the case of the usernames.
User Names
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