Table 17 System Settings: Authentication - ZyXEL Communications Vantage Service Gateway VSG-1200 V2 User Manual

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 17 System Settings: Authentication

LABEL
No Authentication
User Agreement
Redirect Page URL
Link
Standard User
Agreement Page
Built-in Authentication
Current preset option
RADIUS
Check Local Account First Select this option to have the VSG authenticate a subscriber using the
Accumulation
Time to Finish
Primary/Secondary
RADIUS Server
Authentication Port
Accounting Port
Secret Key
Retry Attempts when
Primary fail
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DESCRIPTION
Select this option to disable subscriber authentication. Subscribers can
access the Internet without entering user names and passwords.
This is the default setting.
Select User Agreement to direct a subscriber to an Internet service usage
agreement page before accessing the Internet.
Specify the URL of the user agreement page in the field provided. Click
Code to display the HTML source code of a default sample page.
Select this option to use the pre-configured user agreement page on the
VSG.
Select this option to authenticate the subscribers using the local subscriber
database. Then click Select option to choose a per-configured setting in
the Current Preset option field.
Note: When you select this option, you must also configure
the Billing and Accounting screens.
This field is available when you select Built-in Authentication.
This field displays the current pre-configured setting for the built-in
authentication. To select a predefined option, click Select option to open
the Scenario Guide screen (refer to
Select this option to authenticate subscribers using a remote RADIUS
server. Then configure the following fields.
local user database first. If the account information is not found, then the
VSG authenticates subscribers using the RADIUS server(s) specified.
Clear this check box to have the VSG authenticate subscribers using the
RADIUS server(s) only.
Select this option for multiple re-login until the time allocated is used up. If
a subscriber logs out and accesses the Internet again within the time
period specified in the Idle Timeout field, the subscriber does not have to
enter the user name and password again to log in.
Select this option to allow each subscriber a one-time login. If a subscriber
logs out before the allocated time expires, the subscriber does not have to
enter the user name and password to access the Internet again.
Server IP Address Enter the IP address of a RADIUS server in dotted
decimal notation.
Specify the authentication port of the RADIUS server. The common port
numbers are 1645 and 1812.
Specify the accounting port of the RADIUS server. The common port
numbers are 1646 and 1813.
Specify a password (up to 31 alphanumeric characters) as the key to be
shared between the RADIUS server and the VSG.
The key is not sent over the network.
Note: This key must be the same on the RADIUS server and
the VSG.
Specify the number of times (1 to 3) the VSG resends an authentication
request to the primary and/or secondary RADIUS servers.
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