Alcatel-Lucent omniaccess User Manual

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The software allows users to use an external server or create an 
internal user database for authentication purposes. This 
document briefly describes the configuration procedure involved 
on the switch to interface with an external authentication server 
(RADIUS and LDAP), or to create an internal database of users 
and set the authentication timers for authentication purposes.

To try and authenticate users, external authentication servers are 
often used. The switch needs to be configured with information 
about the servers to enable it to interface with these servers. On 
the server side, the switch needs to be recognized for the server 
to process requests from the switch. This document talks only 
about the configuration on the switch. The configuration on the 
server side, specific to the server, should be done as per the 
vendor specification.

Currently two authentication timers are available for configuration 
by the administrator - the User Idle Timeout and the 
Authentication Server Dead Time. These timers are common to all 
users and RADIUS servers and apply to all servers and users. 
These timers can be left at the default values for most 
implementations.

1. Login to the web interface.

2

Navigate to  

. The AAA 

server configuration page displays. 

c. Configure the timers on the 

 tab.