Total RADIUS for Engineers

Description

A fast paced hands-on introduction to RADIUS. Moves from installation and configuration through to packet analysis and accounting. Practical exercises are spread throughout the course to maintain student interest.

What will you learn

RADIUS training course details

Network Administrators.
Support personnel.
Anyone who will be working with RADIUS.

Knowledge of the TCP/IP protocols would be advantageous.

2 days

AAA services, Authentication, Authorisation,
Accounting, local AAA services, remote AAA
services, What is RADIUS? RADIUS as a
protocol, RADIUS as an architecture, RADIUS as
a standard.

RADIUS platforms, RADIUS servers, client
server communications, services, daemons.

Hands on Installing RADIUS and testing with
NTRadPing.

Configuring clients on the server, shared secrets,
usernames and passwords. IP address pools.

Hands on Configuring a server and testing with
NTRadPing.

Example clients, client configuration steps,
enabling RADIUS, pointing clients to the server,
shared secrets, example Cisco authentication,
example Cisco authorization.
Hands on
Configuring clients for RADIUS.

RADIUS architecture, RADIUS and
authentication, PPP, PAP, CHAP, RADIUS
SUCCESS, RADIUS FAILURE, the RADIUS
protocol stack, the RADIUS protocol, the
RADIUS header, RADIUS codes, RADIUS
attributes, ACCESS-REQUEST example,
ACCESS-ACCECPT example, CHAP example,
proprietary attributes, using unassigned type
codes, RADIUS attribute 26, Cisco specific
attributes.
Hands on Analysing RADIUS
packets, configuring PPP CHAP to work with
RADIUS.

Simplified operation, Accounting codes,
Accounting attributes, client and server
configuration for accounting.
Hands on
Configuring RADIUS accounting.

Traditional architecture, multiple RADIUS
servers for resilience, Proxy RADIUS servers,
Realms, RADIUS in VPNs, RADIUS with 802.1x.

Hands on Using multiple RADIUS servers,
Proxies.

General problem solving, basic tools, RADIUS
troubleshooting, Common configuration errors,
log files, RADIUS design and performance.

Hands on Fixing RADIUS problems.