3com CRWXR10095A User Manual

Configure 
authentication 
using RADIUS

Expand the WX switch icon in the 
Organizer panel, right-click > AAA 
> Edit; click Local User Database

1 Click User:

„

Select New MAC Address User 

2 Click User:

„

User MAC Address: enter user’s VoWIP device MAC 
address

„

(Optional)
MAC User Group: select a group

„

Click Next

3 From User Attributes tab:

„

Select User Attributes

„

Click Finish

Configure local 
authentication

Expand the WX switch icon in the 
Organizer panel, right-click AAA > 
Edit > RADIUS 

1 From RADIUS Server tab:

„

Click New RADIUS server

„

Name: enter server name

„

IP Address: enter server IP address

„

Key: enter key

„

Authorization password: enter password (required)

„

Click Next

2 From RADIUS Server Group tab:

„

Click New RADIUS Server Group

„

Name: enter a group name

„

Click Choose Available: select a server

„

Click Finish; then click Finish again

N/A

Configure the AAA backend from a RADIUS server (not in 
3WXM):

1 Setup each WX switch as a RADIUS client.

2 Define the 3Com vendor-specific attributes (VSAs) in 

the RADIUS server’s dictionary.

3 Configure user record, where user name is the MAC 

address (entered with dashes)

4 Configure user password, where the password is the 

authorization password defined in your WX RADIUS 
configuration (with dashes), and password 
authorization rules (username and password)

5 Configure each user with the Vlan-Name attribute and 

other optional attributes

Table 12   Creating a Service for VoWIP Access (continued)