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Chapter 3 - Layer 2 Command Set - PHY and MAC MINT (“mint” command)
Alvarion BreezeNET B130/B300 GigE 51 Operational User Manual
mint IFNAME -authmode {public | static | remote}
The command sets the type of nodes authentication.
There are three types of nodes authentication available:
 public - all nodes have the same key (password) for access. The simplest case
of authentication. It can be used for small workgroups, point-to-point
connections, mass public access networks and for MINT architecture testing
purposes. Any two nodes of the network can establish a connection (given
other settings are suitable) if their keys are equal. In public mode, having
found a potential neighbor a node check for its information in the local
database (defined by "mint IFNAME addnode" commands). If requested
information is found, a key from a local database will be used. Otherwise, it is
assumed that neighbor's key corresponds with node's own key ("mint IFNAME
-key" parameter)
 static - every node has a full list of nodes (including their parameters and
access keys) with which a connection can be established. This mode is suitable
for an autonomous area of service with no need of centralized management
and monitoring. Obviously, nodes that are included in each others access lists
(local databases) should have a physical ability to connect to each other in
order to establish a connection. In static mode each node must have a list of
all permitted neighbors in a local database formed by a set of "mint IFNAME
addnode" commands. If no information on the neighbor is found in the
database the connection is being rejected.
 remote - centralized authentication mode with remote. In this mode any node
can request the information from a remote authentication server. This means
that the node must have an access to this server (e.g. using IP).
A node having a local database of its neighbors or having an access to a remote
authentication server can be configured as an authentication relay. For this
purpose the following command is used:
mint IFNAME -[no]authrelay
The information about authentication relay will be automatically distributed
throughout the MINT network. Nodes which use remote mode of authentication
but both do not have access to the remote server and do not have the information
in their local database will use authentication relay in order to obtain the keys of
potential neighbors.
mint IFNAME -[no]snmprelay