Brocade Mobility 5181 Access Point Product Reference Guide (Supporting software release 4.4.0.0) User Manual
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Configuring user authentication
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CAUTION
If using a proxy server for Radius authentication, the Data Source field within the Radius server
screen must be set to Local. If set to LDAP, the proxy server will not be successful when
performing the authentication. To verify the existing settings, see
“Configuring the Radius server”
CAUTION
When configuring the credentials of an Client, ensure its login (or user) name is a Fully Qualified
Domain Name (FQDN), or it cannot be authenticated by the access point’s proxy server. For
example; Mobility 5181 Access [email protected].
To configure the proxy Radius server for the Mobility 5181 Access Point:
1. Select System Configuration -> User Authentication -> RADIUS Server -> Proxy from the menu
tree.
2. Refer to the Proxy Configuration field to define the proxy server’s retry count and timeout
values.
3. Use the Add button to add a new proxy server. Define the following information for each entry
:
4. To remove a row, select the row and click the Del (Delete) button.
5. Click Apply to save any changes to the Proxy screen. Navigating away from the screen without
clicking Apply results in all changes to the screen being lost.
6. Click Undo Changes (if necessary) to undo any changes made. Undo Changes reverts the
settings displayed on the Proxy screen to the last saved configuration.
7. Click Logout to securely exit the Access Point applet. A prompt displays confirming the logout
before the applet is closed.
Retry Count
Enter a value between 3 and 6 to indicate the number of times the
access point attempts to reach a proxy server before giving up.
Timeout
Enter a value between 5 and 10 to indicate the number of elapsed
seconds causing the access point to time out on a request to a
proxy server.
Suffix
Enter the domain suffix (such as myisp.com or mycompany.com) of
the users sent to the specified proxy server.
RADIUS Server IP
Specify the IP address of the Radius server acting as a proxy
server.
Port
Enter the TCP/IP port number for the Radius server acting as a
proxy server. The default port is 1812.
Shared Secret
Set a shared secret used for each suffix used for authentication
with the Radius proxy server.