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Authentication
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Add/Delete: Adds or deletes the specified MAC address and
permission setting into or from the local database.
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Permission: Select Allow to permit access or Deny to block access.
If Delete is selected, the specified MAC address entry is removed
from the database.
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MAC Authentication Table — Displays current entries in the local
MAC database.
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make MAC authentication take effect — Applies the specified
settings.
RADIUS MAC
A
UTHENTICATION
Radius MAC: The MAC address of the associating station is sent to a
configured RADIUS server for authentication. When using a RADIUS
authentication server for MAC address authentication, the server must first
be configured in the RADIUS window.
Figure 43: RADIUS Authentication
The following items are displayed on Authentication page:
MAC Authentication — Selects between, disabled, Local MAC
authentication and RADIUS authentication.
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RADIUS MAC — The MAC address of the associating station is
compared against the RADIUS server database. The RADIUS MAC
Authentication section enables the RADIUS database to be set up.
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Session Timeout — The time period after which a connected client
must be re-authenticated. During the re-authentication process of
verifying the client’s credentials on the RADIUS server, the client
remains connected the network. Only if re-authentication fails is
network access blocked. (Default: 0 means disabled; Range: 30-65535
seconds)