radius-server

Description

Use the radius-server command to configure RADIUS server settings for user authentication.

Syntax

radius-server host <IP address> [auth-port <port>] [key <string>] [retransmit <0..3>] [timeout <1..15>]

radius-server {key <string> | retransmit <0..3> | timeout <1..15>}

 

no radius-server host <IP address> [auth-port <port>]

no radius-server {key | retransmit | timeout}

Arguments

host <IP address>	Configures host, at specified IP address, to send RADIUS authentication requests. Use the no form of this command to stop sending RADIUS authentication requests to host.
auth-port <port>	Specifies the authentication port to use with this RADIUS server. Use the no form of this command to stop sending RADIUS authentication requests to the authentication port.
key <string>	Specifies the shared secret key to use with this RADIUS server. Use the no form of this command to remove the global RADIUS server key.
retransmit <0..3>	Specifies the maximum number of retries that can be made in the attempt to connect to this RADIUS server. The range is 0 to 3. Use the no form of this command to reset the global RADIUS server retransmit count to its default.
timeout <1..15>	Specifies the number of seconds to wait before the connection times out with this RADIUS server, because of keyboard inactivity. The range is 1 to 15 seconds. Use the no form of this command to reset the global RADIUS server timeout setting to its default.

Defaults

None.

Command Mode

Global Configuration Mode

See Also

See “show radius”.

Usage Guidelines

None.

Examples

To define the RADIUS shared secret as “mysecret”:

(config) # radius-server key mysecret

To specify the RADIUS server’s IP address as 208.20.20.4 with authentication port 500 and a timeout of 10 seconds:

(config) # radius-server host 208.20.20.4 auth-port 500 timeout 10

To set the number of times the global RADIUS server retransmits to its default value:

(config) # no radius-server retransmit

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