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DES-7200 Configuration Guide Chapter 2 RADIUS Configuration
2-3
Command Function
configure terminal
Enter the global configuration mode.
radius-server host ip-address
[auth-port port] [acct-port port]
Configure the IP address or hostname of the remote
Radius security server and specify the authentication port
and accounting port.
radius-server key string
Configure the sharing password for the communication
between the device and Radius server
radius-server retransmit retries
Specify the times of sending requests before the router
confirms Radius invalid (3 by default)
radius-server timeout seconds
Specify the waiting time before the router resend request
(2 s by default)
radius-server deadtime minutes
Specify the waiting time before the server is considered
dead in case of no response to the request sent by the
device (5 minutes by default).
Caution
To configure the RADIUS, it is necessary to configure the RADIUS Key. The
sharing password on the network device and the sharing password on the
Radius server must be the same.
2.2.2 Specifying the
Radius
Authentication
This means defining the authentication method list for the Radius after the Radius server is
specified and the Radius authentication sharing password is defined. Since the RADIUS
authentication is done via AAA, it is required to execute the aaa authentication command to
define the authentication method list and specify the authentication method as RADIUS. For
more details, see AAA Configurations.
2.2.3 Specifying the Radius
Standard Attribute Type
This chapter introduces configuration of Radius standard attribute type. Now the RADIUS
Calling-Station-ID attribute(the attribute type is 31) is supported.
2.2.3.1 Configuring Calling-Station-ID Format
RADIUS Calling-Station-ID attribute is used to identify the NAS when the NAS is sending the
request packets to the RADIUS server. The contents of the RADIUS Calling-Station-ID are
character strings, which can be in multiple formats. The MAC address for the NAS is usually
used as the content of the Calling-Station-ID to solely identify the NAS. The table blow lists the