3Com SuperStack 4 Configuration Manual page 403

Configuring FreeRADIUS
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 5500G-EI.
3Com has successfully installed and tested FreeRADIUS running on Solaris 2.6 and
RedHat Linux servers in networks with the Switch 5500G-EI 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
5500G-EI, follow these steps:
1 Add each Switch 5500G-EI as a RADIUS client to the FreeRADIUS server
a Locate the existing file
b Add an entry in
clients.conf
For example:
client xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx {
secret = a-shared-secret
shortname = a-short-name
}
Where
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
2 Update the dictionary for Switch login
a In
/usr/local/etc/raddb
containing the following information:
VENDOR 3Com
ATTRIBUTE 3Com-User-Access-Level
VALUE 3Com-User-Access-Level
VALUE 3Com-User-Access-Level
VALUE 3Com-User-Access-Level
http://www.freeradius.org
in
clients.conf /usr/local/etc/raddb
for the Switch 5500G-EI you wish to administer.
is the IP address of the 3Com Switch 5500G-EI.
create a new file called
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Setting Up A RADIUS Server
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