3com DUA1550-0AAA02 User Manual
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Displaying And Changing The Rules And MAC Address Associated
With A Computer
With A Computer
To display and change the rules and MAC addresses associated with a
computer, follow these steps:
computer, follow these steps:
1 Either click on Computers in the Tree pane or if you have created
Organizational Units to structure your computers, click on the
organizational units subfolders until you reach the desired unit holding
the computer.
organizational units subfolders until you reach the desired unit holding
the computer.
2 Select the computer in the Details pane and right-click. Select Properties.
The Properties dialog window will appear.
3 Select the Network Access tab, a list of rules created with 3Com Network
Access Manager and for which you have read permission will be
displayed in the window, see Figure 26. The tick box indicates how the
rule is to be applied to the computer, see Table 10.
displayed in the window, see Figure 26. The tick box indicates how the
rule is to be applied to the computer, see Table 10.
4 You can change which of these rules are applied to a computer by either
ticking or removing the tick from rules that are black. To change a rule
that is applied indirectly through a group, see “Displaying And Changing
Rules Associated With A Group”.
that is applied indirectly through a group, see “Displaying And Changing
Rules Associated With A Group”.
A computer can be associated with multiple rules, however only the
highest priority rule associated with the computer will be used for the
RADIUS authorization.
highest priority rule associated with the computer will be used for the
RADIUS authorization.
5 Click Apply to apply the changes.
6 Select the MAC Address tab. Enter the 12 digit MAC address of the
computer in the format XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX. You can enter up to two
MAC addresses in the fields provided.
MAC addresses in the fields provided.
To find the MAC address of a PC running Windows, open a command
prompt window (for example click Start>Run then type
prompt window (for example click Start>Run then type
cmd
) and enter
ipconfig /all
at the prompt. The MAC address is shown as the 12-digit
Physical Address.
Table 10 Rules Tick Box for A Computer
Tick Box Setting
Meaning
Black, not ticked
The rule does not apply to this computer
Black, ticked
The rule is applied to this computer
Grey, ticked
The rule is applied to this computer indirectly through the
computer’s membership of one or more groups that have
the rule specifically applied
computer’s membership of one or more groups that have
the rule specifically applied