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Chapter 7 Wireless Security Configuration
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7.10 Introduction to RADIUS
RADIUS is based on a client-sever model that supports authentication and accounting, where
the access point is the client and the server is the RADIUS server. The RADIUS server handles
the following tasks, among others:
• Authentication
Determines the identity of the users.
• Accounting
Keeps track of the client’s network activity.
The ZyXEL Device is equipped with an internal RADIUS server. See Section 13.1 on page
151 for more details.
7.11 Configuring RADIUS
Use RADIUS if you want to authenticate wireless users using the internal authentication
server (see Section 13.1 on page 151 ) or an external server.
You can configure up to four RADIUS server profiles. Each profile also has one backup
authentication server and a backup accounting server. These profiles can be assigned to an
SSID profile in the SSID configuration screen
To set up your ZyXEL Device’s RADIUS server settings, click WIRELESS > RADIUS. The
screen appears as shown.
Figure 64 RADIUS
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 34 RADIUS
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Index Select the RADIUS profile you want to configure from the drop-down list box.
Profile Name Type a name for the RADIUS profile associated with the Index number above.
Primary Configure the fields below to set up user authentication and accounting.