Configuring Authentication Types; Configuring The Radius Client In The Wlp - GO Networks WLP Technical Manual

To configure the WDS connection manually, use:
configure wds add peer <MAC Address>
Note: This command is used only for non-root WLP.
Note: Manual configuration can result in network loops.
The WDS connection can be protected by configuring the WDS privacy. The
user must configure all the units he wishes to connect with identical
privacy settings. WDS privacy is configured by:
configure interface [BHRadio | Dot11radio] 0 wds-privacy {
none | { wep key { 40 | 104 } < key hex(10|26) > } | { wpa
passphrase < passphrase string(8-63) > } }
For example, configuring WEP privacy for the BHRadio will use:
configure interface BHRadio wds-privacy wep key 40
11:22:33:44:55

Configuring Authentication Types

In the most common 802.1X WLAN environments, the WLP units defer to
the Radius server to authenticate users and to support particular EAP
authentication types. The Radius server handles these functions, and
provides crucial authentication and data-protection capabilities according
to the requirements of the EAP authentication type in use. The Radius
client runs on the WLP device and sends authentication requests to a
central Radius server, which contains all user authentication and network
service access information. The Radius server is normally a multi-user
system running Radius server software (such as developed by Microsoft or
other software vendors).
The wireless client device and Radius server on the wired LAN use 802.1x
and EAP to perform mutual authentication through the WLP.
1. The Radius server sends an authentication challenge to the client.
2. The client uses a one-way encryption of the user-supplied password
to generate a response to the challenge and sends that response to
the Radius server.
3. Using information from its user database, the Radius server creates
its own response and compares that to the response from the client.
When the Radius server authenticates the client, the process repeats in
reverse, and the client authenticates the Radius server.

Configuring the Radius Client in the WLP

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