Who Can Access The Network; Type Of Users - LevelOne WHG-1000 User Manual

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Who Can Access the Network

5.1 Type of Users

Configure Users, go to: Users >> Authentication.
This section is for administrators to pre-configure authentication servers for the entire system.
Concurrently up to three servers can be selected and pre-configured for static user authentication,
one server uses built-in LOCAL database while the other two servers uses external RADIUS database.
In addition, another server called On-demand can be configured for temporary user authentication.
Auth Database: There are four different authentication options in WHG-1000 that uses
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databases: LOCAL, RADIUS1, RADIUS2 and ONDEMAND.
Auth Server Name: Set a name for the authentication databases by using numbers (0~9),
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alphabets (a~z or A ~Z), dash (-), underline (_), space and dot (.) only. This name is used for the
administrator to identify the authentication options easily such as HQ-RADIUS.
Postfix: A postfix represents the authentication server in a complete username. For example,
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user1@local means that this user (user1) will be authenticated against the LOCAL authentication
database.
Policy: Select one Policy from the drop-down list box for this specific authentication option.
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Black List: There are 5 sets of black lists provided by the system. A user account listed in the
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black list is not allowed to log into the system, the client's access will be denied. The administrator
may select one (or None) black list from the drop-down menu and this black list will be applied to
this specific authentication option.
Configure: Click Configure button to enter the specific authentication page. For example, if you
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want to edit the Local authentication database, please click Configure button of Local.
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