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48 | Wireless Network Dell PowerConnect W-Series Instant Access Point 6.2.0.0-3.2.0.0 | User Guide
If then,
external RADIUS server has to be
configured to authenticate the users. For
information on configuring an external
RADIUS server, see "Authentication" on
page 111.
l InternalServer— If you select this option,
users who are required to authenticate
with the internal RADIUS server must be
added. Click the Users link to add the
users. For information on adding a user,
see "Adding a User" on page 269.
4. Reauth interval— When set to a value
greater than zero, the Access Points
periodically reauthenticate all associated
and authenticated clients.
5. Blacklisting— Select Enabled to enable
blacklisting of the clients with a specific
number of authentication failures.
6. Authentication survivability— This feature
requires Dell PowerConnect W-ClearPass
Policy Manager (6.0.2 and above) and is
visible in the UI only when you select New
to configure an external RADIUS server for
authentication. If you select your RADIUS
server as an internal server, then this
feature is not applicable. When enabled,
this feature allows W-Instant to
authenticate the previously connected
clients using EAP-PEAP authentication
even when connectivity to Dell
PowerConnect W-ClearPass Policy
Manager is temporarily lost.
Cache timeout (global)—Indicates the
duration after which the authenticated
credentials in the cache expire. When the
cache expires, the clients are required to
authenticate again. The supported range is
1 - 99 hours and the default value is 24
hours.
7. MAC authentication — Indicates per-user
authentication using MAC address.
Perform MAC authentication before
802.1X—Indicates per-user authentication
using MAC address. This feature is
optional.
MAC authentication fail-thru—When this
option is enabled, if MAC authentication
fails, 802.1X authentication will be
attempted. When this option is disabled, if
MAC authentication fails, no further
authentication will be attempted.
8. Click Upload Certificate and browse to
upload a certificate file for the internal
server. See "Certificates" on page 138 for
more information.
You want to use the default security level,
Personal
Perform the following steps:
1. Select the required key options from the