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Chapter 5: Using the Web Interface

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5. Bydefault,theDominionPXusesthestandardRADIUSport1812

(authentication)and1813(accounting).Ifyouprefertousenon‐

standardports,changetheports.

6. TypethetimeoutperiodinsecondsintheTimeoutfield.Thissets

themaximumamountoftimetoestablishcontactwiththeRADIUS

serverbeforeti

mingout.Defaultis1second.

7. TypethenumberofretriespermittedintheRetriesfield.Defaultis

3.

8. IfyouhaveadditionalRADIUSservers,clicktheMoreEntries

button.Fieldsforfouradditionalserversappear.Enterthesame

informationinSteps2─7foreachadd

itionalserver.

9. Selectanauthenticationprotocolfromthedrop‐downlistinthe

GlobalAuthenticationTypefield.Yourchoicesare:

 PAP(PasswordAuthenticationProtocol)

 CHAP(ChallengeHandshakeAuthenticationProtocol)

CHAPisgenerallyconsideredmoresecurebecausetheusername

andpasswordareencrypted,whileinPAPtheyar

etransmittedin

theclear.

10. ClickApply.RADIUSauthenticationisnowinplace.

Setting Up Outlets and Power Thresholds

TheDominionPXisshippedwithcertainDominionPXandoutlet

powerthresholdsalreadydefined.YoucanchangethedefaultDominion

PXthresholds,andyoucangiveeachoutletanameandchangeits

defaultthresholds.

Whensettingthethresholds,keepinmindthatyoucansetupalertsthat

aretri

ggeredwheneveranyofthesethresholdsarecrossed.Referto

“SettingUpAlerts(onpage76)”sectio

nfordetails.