Alcatel-Lucent omniaccess User Manual

Chapter 11

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Configure the authentication servers.

z

This is the authentication server to which the switch will send authen-
tication requests. To add an authentication server, click 

 under 

. Select the internal database option to 

use the local database on the switch for MAC-based authentication. 

z

From the pull down menu select the RADIUS server that will be the pri-
mary authentication server. Click  

  after making the choice.

z

To add multiple auth servers repeat these steps  for each server.

The servers appear in the order of descending priority. The first entry is always 
the primary server. To change the order, use the  

S or T arrows to the right of 

the entry to move it higher up or lower down in the list.

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Click   

  to apply the changes made. Verify that the changes made 

have taken effect on the resultant page.

This section explains how to configure users in the local database for 
MAC-based authentication:

To authenticate users using MAC-authentication by adding a user to the local 
database:

1. Under the 

 tab, navigate to the 

 page.

z

Under the 

 section click 

. This opens the 

page.

This specifies the 
number of times a user 
can try to login with 
wrong credentials after 
which the user will be 
blacklisted as a security 
threat. Default : 3

Integer

Set value to 0 to 
disable 
blacklisting. 

Set to a non zero 
integer value to 
blacklist after the 
specified number 
of failures. This is 
a security feature.