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3e–527A3 Wireless Access Point – 8 Port
End User Authentication
In the 3e-527A3, all end users (wireless and wired), may require an
account in order to have access to the Internet. Each end user is required
to input their user name and password to authenticate with the system.
Once you have authenticated, you will not need to re- authenticate for 24
hours unless your CryptoOfficer requires you to. To authenticate, open
a browser and enter any resolvable URL. The system will redirect you to
the authentication page. Once here, we assume that the client to be au-
thenticated has access to DHCP and DNS servers.
NOTE: During authentication, the 3e-527C may leave a false cookie of
the URL on the client PC. You should delete this cookie. Otherwise, if the
system forces you to re-authenticate, you may be prompted to delete the
cookie.
General
End user authentication needs a private local network to operate.
This private network should never be the same as the LAN or WAN.
By default, the private network IP is 172.16.0.0. It is configurable from
172.16.0.0 to 172.31.0.0.
You can partially enable/disable end user authentication. If the 8-port
switch feature is enabled, then all wired clients connecting to the 8-port
switch need to authenticate. If the encryp port feature is enabled, then
any clients attached to the encryp port need to authenticate. If the wire-
less client feature is enabled, then all wireless clients need to authenticate.
There is one exception however. If the end user network adapter
MAC address is manually added in the database, the PC with that adapt-
er doesn't need to authenticate. This is usually used for a TRUSTED user
or system server.
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