Configuring; Creating And Managing Users In The Local User Database - 3Com WX1200 Reference Manual

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Creating and
Managing Users in
the Local User
Database
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ONFIGURING
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UTHORIZATION
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CCOUNTING
This chapter describes how to view and configure the following
Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) parameters for WX
switches:
Local database entries for AAA processing of administrator and
network client access
RADIUS servers, for backend AAA processing of WX administrator
access and network client access
Global 802.1X Settings
Network client access rules
WX administrator access rules
RADIUS proxy entries and 802.1Q mapping to provide AAA for clients
of third-party APs
Location policies for overriding authorization parameters assigned by
AAA to network clients
Mobility profiles for controlling network client access to specific MAP
ports, Distributed MAPs, or wired authentication ports
The WX switch contains a local database that can store user information
for a 3Com Mobility System. You can use the local database to create
users and authenticate them, or you can use the local database in
conjunction with a RADIUS server. For example, although you might use a
RADIUS server to manage most users, you could define IT staff as users in
the local database in the event that the RADIUS server is unavailable.
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UTHENTICATION
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ARAMETERS
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