Add Radius Authentication for Guests and Employees (requires Level 10 permission)

Radius authentication for guests and employees is configured differently than Radius for admins (for those directions, see Configuring Radius Administrators). To use Radius authentication for guests and employees on the network, you first need to create a Radius Profile, then include that in a Security Profile, then include the Security Profile in an ESS Profile. Follow these steps to configure a Radius profile for guests and employees:

  1. Click Configuration > Security > Radius.
  2. Provide a name, IP address, secret key, and port number (1812 is default).
  3. Select a MAC address delimiter (Hyphen, Single Hyphen or Colon) from the list.
  4. Select a password type (Shared Key or MAC Address) from the list.
  5. Click OK.

    Indicate when the Radius server should be used. There are two ways to do this. One way is a two-step process that creates a Security Profile to call the Radius Profile, and then creates an ESS Profile to call the Security Profile. This process is described in steps 6 and 7.
  6. Click Configuration > Security > Profile. Here you see all security profiles that have been created on this controller. You can either modify an existing security profile to use the Radius server or you can add a new security profile. Either way, the security profile includes a drop-down list for Primary Radius Profile Name and Secondary Radius Profile Name; all configured Radius servers are listed and you can select one from the list.

    Indicate which ESS Profile should use the Security Profile.
  7. Click Configuration > Wireless > ESS. Here you see all ESS profiles that have been created on this controller. You can either modify an existing ESS profile to use the Security Profile or you can add a new ESS Profile. Either way, there is a drop-down list for Security Profile Name; all configured Security Profiles are listed and you can select one from the list.

Alternately, you can skip step 6 above and select the Primary Radius Profile Name and Secondary Radius Profile Name directly from the ESS Profile  as part of step 7.