Configuring Freeradius - 3Com 5500-SI Configuration Manual

656 C B: RADIUS S
HAPTER

Configuring FreeRADIUS

RADIUS C S
ERVER AND LIENT
The following example shows the User name HOMER with the correct Return list
Attributes inserted,
The VLANs and QoS profiles must also be created on the 3Com Switch 5500.
3Com has successfully installed and tested FreeRADIUS running on Solaris 2.6 and
RedHat Linux servers in networks with the Switch 5500 deployed.
Download FreeRADIUS source files from
the application following the instructions from the website. The following
instructions assume that you have installed a standard version of FreeRADIUS.
To configure FreeRADIUS as a RADIUS server for networks with the Switch 5500,
follow these steps:
1 Add each Switch 5500 as a RADIUS client to the FreeRADIUS server
a Locate the existing file
b Add an entry in
example:
client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx {
secret = a-shared-secret
shortname = a-short-name
}
Where
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
ETUP
clients.conf
for the Switch 5500 you wish to administer. For
clients.conf
is the IP address of the 3Com Switch 5500.
http://www.freeradius.org
in
/usr/local/etc/raddb
and install