Fortress Technologies ecure Wireless Access Bridge User Manual

Fortress Bridge: Configuration

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In the 

 frame:

 The server

key you enter here

should already be
present in the 802.1X au-
thentication service con-
figuration.

™

In 

, enter the IP address of the network 

802.1X authentication server (the default is 

).

™

In 

, enter the port used by the server for 

802.1X requests (the default is 

).

™

In 

, enter the shared key assigned to the 

Bridge in the 802.1X service. (The default is 

.)

™

In 

, re-enter the shared key (to guard 

against entry errors).

Click the frame’s 

 button.

 The internal

LAN does not sup-

port NAT (network ad-
dress translation).

The Bridge’s internal LAN switch can be configured, per port, to 
require that the connected device is an 802.1X supplicant 
successfully authenticated by the 802.1X server configured for 
the Bridge (Section 3.4.1).

Configure this function in the 

 frame 

of the 

 screen, where the port numbers shown in 

the GUI correspond to the numbered ports 

–

, as labeled on 

the Bridge’s front panel (shown in Figure 2.1).

Log on to the Bridge GUI 

 account and select 

 from the menu on the left.

In the 

 frame, use the dropdown 

menu for each port to select whether: 

™

the device connecting through the port will 

 be 

required to authenticate through an 802.1X 
authentication server: 

 (the default)

™

the device will be required to authenticate through the 
802.1X server configured for the Bridge: 

.

When you have made your selections for each of the 
Bridge’s LAN ports, click the frame’s 

 button.

Two passwords apply to the Bridge GUI, one for the 

 

account, which grants full administrative permissions on the 
Bridge, and one for the 

 account, which grants view-

only access. A third password is set for the Bridge CLI; it can 
be changed only in the CLI (refer to Section 6.4.4.2).