User's Manual

FEB/25th/2002
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3.2.4.3 RADIUS
RADIUS performs the authentication function required to check the credentials of users
and intermediate Access Points and indicates whether the users are authorized to access the
Access Points. Enabling RADIUS is therefore the first step toward building up an
802.1x-capable environment. Even more, it is also a must-do to accommodate the recently
introduced Wi-Fi protected access (WPA-EAP) to wireless networks.
Adding RADIUS information in your Access Points is quite simple. Just input the IP
address of RADIUS and the specific port number, UDP 1812, as well as a secret key which
is identical to the given key in RADIUS.
3.2.4.4 802.1x
IEEE 802.1x will perform a standardized network access control to keep out unauthorized
users, verify the credentials of users with RADIUS and distribute the encryption key.
For this Access Point, it is required to provide RADIUS information in prior to setup
802.1x. Two lengths of encryption key are provided, 64 or 128 bits.