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Configuration Parameters for WLAN Security Settings in an Employee or Voice Network, Table 22

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Table 22: Configuration Parameters for WLAN Security Settings in an Employee or Voice Network Parameter Description Security Level Type Blacklisting To enable blacklisting of the clients with a specific number of authentication failures, select Enabled from the Blacklisting drop-down list and specify a value for Max authentication failures. The users who fail to authenticate the number of times specified in Max authentication failures field are dynamically blacklisted. Enterprise , Personal, and Open security levels. Accounting Select any of the following options: l To enable accounting, select Use authentication servers from the Accounting drop-down list. On enabling the accounting function, APs post accounting information to the RADIUS server at the specified Accounting interval. l To use a separate server for accounting, select Use separate servers. The accounting server is distinguished from the authentication server specified for the SSID profile. l To disable the accounting function, choose Disabled. Enterprise , Personal, and Open security levels. Authentication survivability To enable authentication survivability, set Authentication survivability to Enabled. Specify a value in hours for Cache timeout (global) to set the duration after which the authenticated credentials in the cache must expire. When the cache expires, the clients are required to authenticate again. You can specify a value within a range of 1 to 99 hours and the default value is 24 hours. NOTE: The authentication survivability feature requires ClearPass Policy Manager 6.0.2 or later, and is available only when the New server option is selected authentication. On setting this parameter to Enabled, Instant authenticates the previously connected clients using EAP-PEAP authentication even when connectivity to ClearPass Policy Manager is temporarily lost. The Authentication survivability feature is not applicable when a RADIUS server is configured as an internal server. Enterprise security level MAC authentication To enable MAC address based authentication for Personal and Open security levels, set MAC authentication to Enabled. For Enterprise security level, the following options are available: l Perform MAC authentication before 802.1X-Select this checkbox to use 802.1X authentication only when the MAC authentication is successful. l MAC authentication fail-thru-On selecting this checkbox, the 802.1X authentication is attempted when the MAC authentication fails. Enterprise , Personal, and Open security levels. Delimiter character Specify a character ( for example, colon or dash) as a delimiter for the MAC address string. When configured, the W-IAP will use the delimiter in the MAC authentication request. For example, if you specify the colon as a delimiter, MAC addresses in the xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx format are used. If the delimiter is not specified, the MAC address in the xxxxxxxxxxxx format is used. NOTE: This option is available only when MAC authentication is enabled. Enterprise , Personal, and Open security levels. Dell Networking W-Series Instant 6.4.3.1-4.2.0.0 | User Guide Wireless Network Profiles | 109

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Parameter
Description
Security
Level
Type
Blacklisting
To enable blacklisting of the clients with a specific number of authentication failures,
select
Enabled
from the
Blacklisting
drop-down list and specify a value for
Max
authentication failures
. The users who fail to authenticate the number of times
specified in
Max authentication failures
field are dynamically blacklisted.
Enterprise
,
Personal
,
and
Open
security
levels.
Accounting
Select any of the following options:
l
To enable accounting, select
Use authentication servers
from the
Accounting
drop-down list. On enabling the accounting function, APs post accounting
information to the RADIUS server at the specified
Accounting interval
.
l
To use a separate server for accounting, select
Use separate servers
. The
accounting server is distinguished from the authentication server specified for
the SSID profile.
l
To disable the accounting function, choose
Disabled
.
Enterprise
,
Personal
,
and
Open
security
levels.
Authentication
survivability
To enable authentication survivability, set
Authentication survivability
to
Enabled
. Specify a value in hours for
Cache timeout (global)
to set the duration
after which the authenticated credentials in the cache must expire. When the cache
expires, the clients are required to authenticate again. You can specify a value
within a range of 1 to 99 hours and the default value is 24 hours.
NOTE:
The authentication survivability feature requires ClearPass Policy Manager
6.0.2 or later, and is available only when the
New
server option is selected
authentication. On setting this parameter to
Enabled
, Instant authenticates the
previously connected clients using EAP-PEAP authentication even when connectivity
to ClearPass Policy Manager is temporarily lost. The Authentication survivability
feature is not applicable when a RADIUS server is configured as an internal server.
Enterprise
security
level
MAC
authentication
To enable MAC address based authentication for
Personal
and
Open
security
levels, set
MAC authentication
to
Enabled
.
For
Enterprise
security level, the following options are available:
l
Perform MAC authentication before 802.1X
—Select this checkbox to use
802.1X authentication only when the MAC authentication is successful.
l
MAC authentication fail-thru
—On selecting this checkbox, the 802.1X
authentication is attempted when the MAC authentication fails.
Enterprise
,
Personal
,
and
Open
security
levels.
Delimiter
character
Specify a character ( for example, colon or dash) as a delimiter for the MAC address
string. When configured, the W-IAP will use the delimiter in the MAC authentication
request. For example, if you specify the colon as a delimiter, MAC addresses in the
xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx format are used. If the delimiter is not specified, the MAC address
in the xxxxxxxxxxxx format is used.
NOTE:
This option is available only when MAC authentication is enabled.
Enterprise
,
Personal
,
and
Open
security
levels.
Table 22:
Configuration Parameters for WLAN Security Settings in an Employee or Voice Network
Dell Networking W-Series Instant 6.4.3.1-4.2.0.0 | User Guide
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