Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirector 1100 User Manual page 107

A RADIUS/RADIUS Accounting server can be used with 802.1X, MAC authentication, Web
authentication (captive portal) and Hotspot WLAN types.
To configure a RADIUS / RADIUS Accounting server entry in ZoneDirector
1. Go to Configure > AAA Servers.
2. Click the Create New link under Authentication/Accounting Servers.
3. Select Radius or Radius Accounting for the AAA server type.
4. Choose PAP or CHAP according to the authentication protocol used by your RADIUS server.
5. Enter the IP Address, Port number and Shared Secret.
6. Click OK to save changes.
Configuring a Backup RADIUS / RADIUS Accounting Server
If a backup RADIUS or RADIUS Accounting server is available, enable the check box next to
Backup RADIUS and additional fields appear. Enter the relevant information for the backup
server and click OK. When you have configured both a primary and backup RADIUS server, an
additional option will be available in the Test Authentication Settings section to choose to test
against the primary or the backup RADIUS server.
To configure a backup RADIUS / RADIUS Accounting server
1. Click the check box next to Enable Backup RADIUS support.
2. Enter the IP Address, Port number and Shared Secret for the backup server (these fields
can neither be left empty nor be the same values as those of the primary server).
3. In Request Timeout, enter the timeout period (in seconds) after which an expected RADIUS
response message is considered to have failed.
4. In Max Number of Retries, enter the number of failed connection attempts after which
ZoneDirector will failover to the backup RADIUS server.
5. In Reconnect Primary, enter the number of minutes after which ZoneDirector will attempt
to reconnect to the primary RADIUS server after failover to the backup server.
Configuring Security and Other Services
Using an External AAA Server
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