AG2500Series Software User’s Guide
June, 2002
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Basic - AUTHENTICATION
MAC address authentication is performed first. If the MAC address is not in the RADIUS server or
local SOHO profile, then EAP authentication is performed. The user is REQUIRED to input the user-
name and password for authentication purpose.
There are three options for you to choose:
If you select
No Authentication
, AresGate will not perform the authentication process.
If you select
Authentication by Radius
, AresGate will perform the authentication process through an
external RADIUS (Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service) server. Please follow the steps below
to set up the RADIUS server:
Step 1.
Enter the maximum number of users allowed to access the AresGate in the
Max users (0-64)
field.
Step 2.
Enter the IP address of the authentication server in the
IP Address
field of the
Authentication Server
section.
Step 3.
Enter the port number of the authentication server in the
Port
field. The default port number is
1812
.
Step 4.
Enter the shared secret key used by the authentication server in the
Secret Key
field.
Step 5.
Repeat Steps 1 - 4 for the
Accounting Server
section. The default port number of the accounting
server is
1813
.
If you select
Authentication by local SOHO profile
, then enter the
username
,
password
,
Max Session
Time (min)
, and
Max Idle Time (sec).
Even though no back-end server is needed, however, the maxi-
mum number of clients allowed is now reduced to 12 only.
When you are ready, click
Submit
to save the values to your AresGate. If you do not wish to save the
configuration, simply click
Cancel
.
