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5. Assign the guest-admin
WebUser Administrator
access.
When the guest-admin user logs in, they are redirected to a Guest User Configuration screen, wherein
start and end user permissions can be defined in respect to specific users.
6. Add guest users by name, start date and time, expiry date and time and user group.
7. Optionally, click the
Generate
button to automatically create a username and password for each guest
user.
8. Repeat this process as necessary until all required guest users have been created with relevant
passwords and start/end guest group permissions.
7.6.2 Configuring Switch Authentication
The switch provides the capability to proxy authenticate requests to a remote RADIUS server. Refer to the
Authentication
tab to view and configure the Radius Server used by the local user to log into the switch.
1. Select
Management Access
>
Users
from the main menu tree.
NOTE: To be able to create guest users, a guest administrator must be assigned a
WebUser Administrator
access mode. None of the other modes will launch the required
Guest User Configuration screen upon login.
NOTE: The Radius configuration activities described in this section is independent of
other Radius Server configuration activities performed using other parts of the switch.