DragonWave Horizon COMPACT - Horizon Compact Authentication; N Oauthentication; Unique Authentication

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Horizon Compact Release 1.01.00 Wireless Ethernet Product User Manual – Volume 2
Required Action Steps
save mib
Saves the MIB to RAM. Perform this command to save setting
changes to non-volatile memory.
Sequence:
save mib press Enter
The system responds:
MIB saved successfully.
3.7 Horizon Compact Authentication
This feature is only necessary if you wish to restrict communication from a Horizon Compact unit to a
specific peer or to a group of Horizon Compact units. Authentication is generally used as a security
measure. It is not recommended to enable Authentication prior to alignment of the radios.
Authentication restricts a Horizon Compact unit from communicating with other Horizon Compact units
unless the other units match an authentication string. There are three types of authentication:
1. No Authentication
2. Unique Authentication
3. Group Authentication
A new Horizon Compact system inline with the signal cannot authenticate and receive data if another
Horizon Compact system is already authenticated. The system authenticates its peer(s) at an interval of
approximately five seconds.
Note: When Authentication is enabled it is recommended that out-of-band management (via Port 2) be
used. This will prevent management access from being lost if an illegal attempt to access the system
occurs, causing authentication to lock out management traffic from Port 1.
The Horizon Compact system does not accept data from other manufacturers’ systems.
3.7.1 No Authentication
No Authentication is the default mode of operation for Horizon Compact. The Horizon Compact does not
attempt to create a dialogue or establish authentication between Horizon Compact nodes. For No
Authentication Mode, setting the failure condition has no effect since there is no dialogue or
authentication between Horizon Compact systems. Any other Horizon Compact node transmitting on
exactly the same frequency can send Ethernet data to the corresponding Horizon Compact node. The
Horizon Compact only accepts data from other Horizon Compact nodes that:
a. are transmitting on the same frequency;
b. are properly aligned in polarity; and
c. have adequate signal strength.
The Horizon Compact system does not accept data from any other manufacturers’ products.
3.7.2 Unique Authentication
Unique authentication establishes a dialogue between two Horizon Compact nodes. Unique
authentication is used in a point-to-point configuration where two Horizon Compact systems communicate