Configuration Task List; Basic Configuration For Mac Authentication; Configuration Prerequisites; Configuration Procedure - HP A6600 Configuration Manual

Configuration task list

Task
Basic configuration for MAC
authentication
Specifying MAC authentication user

Basic configuration for MAC authentication

Configuration prerequisites

Create and configure an authentication domain, also called an "ISP domain."
•
For local authentication, create local user accounts, and specify the lan-access service for the
•
accounts.
For RADIUS authentication, check that the device and the RADIUS server can reach each other, and
•
create user accounts on the RADIUS server.
NOTE:
If you are using MAC-based accounts, make sure that the username and password for each account is
the same as the MAC address of the MAC authentication users.

Configuration procedure

MAC authentication can take effect on a port only when it is enabled globally and on the port.
Configuring MAC authentication globally
To do...
1. Enter system view.
2. Enable MAC
authentication
globally.
3. Configure MAC
authentication timers.
4. Configure the
properties of MAC
authentication user
accounts.
Configuring MAC authentication globally
Configuring MAC authentication on a port
Command...
system-view
mac-authentication
mac-authentication timer { offline-
detect offline-detect-value | quiet
quiet-value | server-timeout
server-timeout-value }
mac-authentication user-name-
format { fixed [ account name ] [
password { cipher | simple }
password ] | mac-address [ {
with-hyphen | without-hyphen } [
lowercase | uppercase ] ] }
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Remarks
Required
Required
Optional
Remarks
—
Required.
Disabled by default.
Optional.
By default, the offline detect timer is 300
seconds, the quiet timer is 60 seconds,
and the server timeout timer is 100
seconds.
Optional.
By default, the username and password for
a MAC authentication user account must
be a MAC address in lower case without
hyphens.