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5) Configure a MAC authentication list
Select Wireless Service > Access Service from the navigation tree, and click MAC Authentication
List to enter the page for configuring a MAC authentication list, as shown in
Figure 3-20:
Figure 3-20 Add a MAC authentication list
z Add a local user in the MAC Address box. 00-14-6c-8a-43-ff is used in this example.
z Click Add.
6) Enable 802.11n (2.4GHz) radio (By default, 802.11n (2.4GHZ) radio is enabled. Therefore, this
step is optional. )
Select Radio > Radio from the navigation tree to enter the Radio page. Make sure that 802.11n
(2.4GHz) is enabled.
Configuration verification
z If the MAC address of the client is in the MAC authentication list, the client can pass authentication
and access the WLAN network.
z The client can be pinged on the AP.
Configuration guidelines
When satisfied with the configuration Save Configuration to File to ensure it is not lost when the Access
Point restarts.
Remote MAC Authentication Configuration Example
Network requirements
It is required to perform remote MAC authentication on the client. More specifically,
z Use the intelligent management center (iMC) as the RADIUS server for authentication,
authorization, and accounting (AAA). On the RADIUS server, configure the client’s username and
password as the MAC address of the client and the shared key as expert. The IP address of the
RADIUS server is 10.18.1.88.
z The IP address of the AP is 10.18.1.1. On the AP, configure the shared key for communication with
the RADIUS server as expert, and configure the AP to remove the domain name of a username
before sending it to the RADIUS server.
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