Defining The Radius Configuration - Motorola RFS Series Reference Manual

6.9.3 Defining the Radius Configuration

To configure Radius support on the switch:
1. Select Security
2. Ensure the Configuration
3. Click the Start
accessing the switch managed network. Again, this is recommended as the secondary means of
authenticating users.
4. Set a Timeout
Radius request before retransmitting the request. The default value is 5.
Ensure the value is set long enough to compensate for the heaviest periods of data traffic within the
switch managed network.
5. Set a Retires value (between 3and 6) to define the number of times the switch transmits each Radius
request to the server before giving up. The default value is 3.
6. Click the Apply
7. Click the Revert
the last saved configuration.
NOTE: The appearance of the bottom portion of the Configuration tab differs depending
on whether
IP Address and Subnet Mask of existing Radius clients. Existing clients can be modified or
new clients added. For more information, see
Select the
existing Radius proxy servers. Existing servers can be modified or new proxy servers
added. For more information, see
Radius Client Configuration
> Radius Server from the main menu.
tab is selected.
the RADIUS server link to use the switch's own Radius server to authenticate users
interval (between 5 and 10 seconds) to define how long the switch waits for a reply to a
button to save the changes made to within the Global Settings field.
button to cancel any changes made within the Global Settings field and revert back to
Clients or Proxy Servers
Proxy Servers tab to display the ID suffix, IP address and Port Number of
is selected. Select the
Radius Client Configuration on page
Radius Proxy Server Configuration on page
Switch Security
Clients tab to display the
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