Configuring Authentication And Authorization By Mac Address - Nortel 2360 Configuration Manual

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490 Configuring AAA for network users

reauthentication period

maximum requests

key transmission

reauthentication

authentication control

WEP rekey period

Bonded period

Information for the 802.1X authentication rule for the machine (host/bob-laptop.mycorp.com) is also displayed.

However, the bonded option is configured only for the user's authentication rule. The bonded option applies only to the

authentication rules for users, not the authentication rules for machines.

Configuring authentication and authorization by MAC

You must sometimes authenticate users based on the MAC addresses of their devices rather than a username-password

or certificate. For example, some Voice-over-IP (VoIP) phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) do not support

802.1X authentication. If a client does not support 802.1X, WSS Software attempts to perform MAC authentication for

the client instead. The WSS can discover the MAC address of the device from received frames and can use the MAC

address in place of a username for the client.

Users authorized by MAC address require a MAC authorization password if RADIUS authentication is desired. The

default well-known password is nortel.

in unauthorized network access if MAC authentication is employed.

NN47250-500 (320657-F Version 02.01)

Use this method with care. IEEE 802.11 frames can be forged and can result

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