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Chapter 13 Configuring RADIUS and Servers
Configuring and Enabling RADIUS
the method list. This process continues until there is successful communication with a listed
authentication method or until all defined methods are exhausted. If authentication fails at any point in
this cycle—meaning that the security server or local username database responds by denying the user
access—the authentication process stops, and no other authentication methods are attempted.
Beginning in privileged EXEC mode, follow these steps to configure login authentication. This
procedure is required.
Command
Purpose
Step 1
configure terminal
Enter global configuration mode.
Step 2
aaa new-model
Enable AAA.
Step 3
aaa authentication login
{
default
|
list-name
}
method1
[
method2...
]
Create a login authentication method list.
•
To create a default list that is used when a named list is
not
specified
in the
login authentication
command, use the
default
keyword
followed by the methods that are to be used in default situations. The
default method list is automatically applied to all interfaces. For more
information on list names, click this link:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/docs/ios/12_2/security/configuration/g
uide/scfathen.html
•
For
method1...
, specify the actual method the authentication
algorithm tries. The additional methods of authentication are used
only if the previous method returns an error, not if it fails.
Select one of these methods:
•
line
—Use the line password for authentication. You must define a
line password before you can use this authentication method. Use the
password
password
line configuration command.
•
local
—Use the local username database for authentication. You must
enter username information in the database. Use the
username
password
global configuration command.
•
radius
—Use RADIUS authentication. You must configure the
RADIUS server before you can use this authentication method. For
more information, see the
“Identifying the RADIUS Server Host”
section on page 13-4
.
Step 4
line
[
console
|
tty
|
vty
]
line-number
[
ending-line-number
]
Enter line configuration mode, and configure the lines to which you want
to apply the authentication list.
Step 5
login authentication
{
default
|
list-name
}
Apply the authentication list to a line or set of lines.
•
If you specify
default
, use the default list created with the
aaa
authentication login
command.
•
For
list-name
, specify the list created with the
aaa authentication
login
command.
Step 6
radius-server attribute 32
include-in-access-req format %h
Configure the access point to send its system name in the NAS_ID
attribute for authentication.
Step 7
end
Return to privileged EXEC mode.
Step 8
show running-config
Verify your entries.
Step 9
copy running-config startup-config
(Optional) Save your entries in the configuration file.
