Before You Start; About Administrative Access; Access Modes; Types Of Administrative Access - D-Link DWS-1008 - AirPremier MobileLAN Switch Product Manual

7. Accounting for administrative access sessions - Accounting records can be stored and
displayed locally or sent to a RADIUS server. Accounting records provide an audit trail of the time
an administrative user logged in, the administrator's username, the number of bytes transferred,
and the time the session started and ended.
D-Link recommends enforcing authentication for administrative access using usernames and passwords
stored either locally or on RADIUS servers.
Before reading more of this chapter, use the Quick Installation Guide to set up your DWS-1008 switch
and the attached access points for basic service.

About Administrative Access

The authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) framework helps secure network connections
by identifying who the user is, what the user can access, and the amount of network resources the user
can consume.
MSS provides AAA either locally or via remote servers to authenticate valid users. MSS provides two
modes of access:
• Administrative access mode - Allows a network administrator to access the switch and configure
it. You must establish administrative access in enabled mode before adding users.
• Network access mode - Allows network users to connect through the switch.
MSS allows you access to the switch with the following types of administrative access:
• Console - Access via only the console port.
• Telnet - Users who access MSS via the Telnet protocol.
• Secure Shell (SSH) - Users who access MSS via the SSH protocol.
• Web View - A Web-based application for configuring and managing a single switch through a
Web browser. Web View uses a secure connection via Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure
Sockets Layer (HTTPS).
D-Link DWS-1008 User Manual

Before You Start

Access Modes

Types of Administrative Access