When a user needs to access the network via the switch, an RADIUS Server can act as the authentication server by asking username/password for network access.
Please refer to the following steps for the authentication action.
1. When a user need to access the network via RADIUS client switch.
2. RADIUS client switch first pass the information to the RADIUS Server.
3. The RADIUS Server returns the username/password request to the user.
4. RADIUS client switch passes the username/password request to the user.
5. The user type the username/password for network access.
6. RADIUS client switch pass the username/password to the RADIUS Server.
7. RADIUS Server checks the user database and return if the username/password is valid.
8. RADIUS client switch shows the information of the authentication result.
9. If the username/ password is valid.
10. The user can access the network.