MAC Authentication Profile

Context

MAC address authentication controls network access permissions of a user based on the access interface and MAC address of the user. The user does not need to install any client software. The user name and password are the MAC address of the user device. After detecting the MAC address of a user for the first time, a network device starts authenticating the user.

Procedure

Create a MAC authentication profile.

Choose Configuration > Security Services > AAA Profile Mgmt > MAC Authentication Profile. The MAC Authentication Profile List page is displayed.
Click Create. The Create MAC Authentication Profile page is displayed.
Enter the name of the new MAC authentication profile in Profile name.
Click OK. The parameter setting page for creating a MAC authentication profile is displayed, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1 Parameter setting page for creating a MAC authentication profile

Set parameters for creating a MAC authentication profile. Table 1 describes the parameters for creating a MAC authentication profile.

**Table 1** MAC authentication profile parameters
Parameter	Description
MAC Authentication Profile	Name of the MAC authentication profile, which cannot be modified.
Reauthentication	Periodic MAC address re-authentication on a specified interface.
Reauthentication interval (s)	The re-authentication interval for online MAC address authentication users.
User name mode	The MAC address or fixed user name is used for authentication.
MAC address	Format of the MAC address. This parameter is valid only when User name mode is set to MAC address.
MAC address case	Case of the MAC address, which can be uppercase or lowercase. This parameter is valid only when User name mode is set to MAC address.
Password	Password in MAC address authentication. This parameter is valid only when User name mode is set to MAC address.
Fixed user name	User name for MAC address authentication. This parameter is valid only when User name mode is set to Fixed user name.
Authentication password	Password in MAC address authentication. This parameter is valid only when User name mode is set to Fixed user name.

Click Apply.

Modify a MAC authentication profile.
1. Choose Configuration > Security Services > AAA Profile Mgmt > MAC Authentication Profile. The MAC Authentication Profile List page is displayed.
2. Click the MAC authentication profile to modify. The MAC authentication profile page is displayed.
3. Set parameters for modifying a MAC authentication profile. Table 1 describes the parameters for modifying a MAC authentication profile.
4. Click Apply.
Delete a MAC authentication profile.
1. Choose Configuration > Security Services > AAA Profile Mgmt > MAC Authentication Profile. The MAC Authentication Profile List page is displayed.
2. Select the profile that you want to delete and click Delete. In the Confirm dialog box that is displayed, click OK.
Display the profile reference relationship.
1. Choose Configuration > Security Services > AAA Profile Mgmt > MAC Authentication Profile. The MAC Authentication Profile List page is displayed.
2. Select the profile of which you want to display the reference relationship and click Display Reference Relationship. The system displays the types and names of the objects that reference the profile.
  
  Click Hide Reference Relationship. The system hides the displayed results.