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NWA-3500/NWA-3550 User’s Guide
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CHAPTER 11
RADIUS Screen
11.1 Overview
This chapter describes how you can use the Wireless > RADIUS screen.
Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS) is a protocol that can be
used to manage user access to large networks. It is based on a client-server
model that supports authentication, authorization and accounting. The access
point is the client and the server is the RADIUS server.
Figure 95 RADIUS Server Setup
In the figure above, wireless clients A and U are trying to access the Internet
using the NWA (ZyXEL Device). The NWA in turn queries the RADIUS server if
the identity of clients A and U are allowed access to the Internet. In this scenario,
only client U’s identity is verified by the RADIUS server and allowed access to the
Internet.
Authentication