Total RADIUS for Engineers

Description

RADIUS training course 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

• Configure PPP and PAP/CHAP.
• Install and configure RADIUS servers.
• Describe how RADIUS works.
• Setup RADIUS accounting.
• Analyse RADIUS packets.
• Troubleshoot RADIUS installations.

RADIUS training course details

RADIUS training course contents

• What is RADIUS?

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.

• Installing RADIUS

RADIUS platforms, RADIUS servers, client server communications, services, daemons.
Hands on Installing RADIUS and testing with NTRadPing.

• Server configuration

Configuring clients on the server, shared secrets, usernames and passwords. IP address pools.
Hands on Configuring a server and testing with NTRadPing.

• Client configuration

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.

• How RADIUS works

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.

• RADIUS accounting

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

• RADIUS architectures

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.

• Troubleshooting RADIUS

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