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Adding a radius client – RSA Security 6.1 User Manual

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Administering RADIUS Clients

September 2005

Adding a RADIUS Client

To add a RADIUS client:

1

Open the RADIUS Clients panel.

2

Click the

Add

button.

The Add RADIUS Client window (

Figure 12

) opens.

Figure 12

Add RADIUS Client Window

3

Enter the name of the RADIUS client in the

Name

field.

Although you can assign any name to a RADIUS client entry, you should use
the device's hostname to avoid confusion.
You can create a special RADIUS client entry called

by clicking the

Any RADIUS Client

checkbox (

Figure 13

). The

RADIUS client

enables RSA RADIUS Server to accept requests from any RAS, as long as
the shared secret is correct.

Figure 13

Creating an RADIUS Client

Note that the

IP Address

field for an

RADIUS client cannot be

edited.

implies that the server accepts requests from any IP address,

provided that the shared secret is correct.