Configuring Radius Authentication And Accounting - Motorola WS5100 Series Reference Manual

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1. Select Security
2. Ensure the Configuration
3. Select the Proxy Servers
The Proxy Servers tab displays the user ID suffix (index), IP address and port number of the switch's
existing proxy server configurations.
4. To remove an existing Radius proxy server configuration from the table of configurations available to the
switch, select the configuration and click the
5. Click the Add
a. Create a new
similar attributes.
b. Specify the
c. Enter the TCP/IP port number used by the proxy Radius server.
d. Specify a Radius
The shared secret is used to verify Radius messages. It is a case-sensitive string that can include
letters, numbers, or symbols. Make the shared secret at least 31 characters long to protect the
Radius server from brute-force attacks.
e. Shared secrets verify Radius messages (with the exception of the Access-Request message) are sent
by a Radius-enabled device configured with the same shared secret.
The shared secret is a case-sensitive string that can include letters, numbers, or symbols. Make the
shared secret at least 22 characters long to protect the Radius server from brute-force attacks. The
max length of the shared secret is 31 characters.
f. Refer to the
error messages if something goes wrong in the transaction between the applet and the switch.
g. Click OK
h. Click Cancel

6.9.4 Configuring Radius Authentication and Accounting

Deploy one or more Radius servers to manage security and retrieve accounting information from the switch
managed network. Radius accounting supplies administrators with user data as Radius sessions are started
and terminated.
> Radius Server from the main menu.
tab is selected.
tab from the bottom of the Configuration tab.
button at the bottom of the screen to create a new Radius proxy server configuration.
User ID Suffix as an abbreviation to differentiate the configuration from others with
IP Address of the new Radius proxy server.
Shared Secret for authenticating the Radius client.
Status field for the current state of the requests made from applet. This field displays
to use the changes to the running configuration and close the dialog.
to close the dialog without committing updates to the running configuration
Delete button.