ZyXEL Communications G-2000 Plus V2, User Manual

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ZyXEL G-2000 Plus v2 User’s Guide
Chapter 15 Internal RADIUS Server 193
15.3 Trusted AP Overview
A trusted AP is an AP that uses the ZyXEL device’s internal RADIUS server to authenticate
it’s wireless clients.
The following shows how this is done in two phases.
Figure 79 Trusted AP Overview
1
Configure an IP address and shared secret in the Trusted AP database to authenticate an
AP as a trusted AP.
2
Configure wireless client user names and passwords in the Trusted Users database to use
a trusted AP as a relay between the RADIUS server and the wireless clients. The wireless
clients can then be authenticated by the RADIUS server.
Valid To This field displays the date that the certificate expires. The text displays in red and
includes an Expiring! or Expired! message if the certificate is about to expire or
has already expired.
Apply Click Apply to have the ZyXEL device use certificates to authenticate wireless
clients.
Reset Click Reset to start configuring this screen afresh.
Table 64 My Certificates (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
ZyXEL device RADIUS Server Wireless clients. You can
authenticate a maximum of
32 wireless clients using the
ZyXEL device
’s RADIUS serve
irrespective of the amount of
Trusted AP’s
trusted AP’s configured on
the
ZyXEL device.