Setup
Security Settings - None
Figure 13: Wireless Security - None
No security is used. Anyone using the correct SSID can connect to your network.
The only settings available from this screen are
Radius MAC Authentication
and
UAM
(Universal Access Method).
Radius MAC Authentication
Radius MAC Authentication provides for MAC address checking which is centralized on your
Radius server. If you don't have a Radius Server, you cannot use this feature.
Using MAC authentication
1. Ensure the Wireless Access Point can login to your Radius Server.
•
Add a RADIUS client on the RADIUS server, using the IP address or name of the
Wireless Access Point, and the same shared key as entered on the Wireless Access
Point.
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Ensure the Wireless Access Point has the correct address, port number, and shared
key for login to your Radius Server. These parameters are entered either on the
Security
page, or the
Radius-based MAC authentication
sub-screen, depending on
the security method used.
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On the Access Point, enable the Radius-based MAC authentication feature on the
screen below.
2. Add Users on the Radius server as required. The username must be the MAC address of
the Wireless client you wish to allow, and the password must be blank.
3. When clients try to associate with the Access Point, their MAC address is passed to the
Radius Server for authentication.
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If successful, “xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx MAC authentication” is entered in the log, and cli-
ent station status would show as “authenticated” on the station list table;
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If not successful, “xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx MAC authentication failed” is entered in the
log,, and station status is shown as “authenticating” on the station list table.
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