Example: Configuring extended cross-subnet portal authentication

As shown in Figure 70, Switch A supports portal authentication. The host accesses Switch A through Switch B. A portal server acts as both a portal authentication server and a portal Web server. A RADIUS server acts as the authentication/accounting server.

Configure Switch A for extended cross-subnet portal authentication. Before passing portal authentication, the host can access only the portal server. After passing portal identity authentication, the host accepts security check. If the host fails the security check it can access only the subnet 192.168.0.0/24. After passing the security check, the host can access other network resources.

• Configure IP addresses for the switch and servers as shown in Figure 70 and make sure the host, switch, and servers can reach each other.

• Configure the RADIUS server correctly to provide authentication and accounting functions.

Make sure the IP address of the portal device added on the portal server is the IP address (20.20.20.1) of the switch's interface connecting the host. The IP address group associated with the portal device is the subnet of the host (8.8.8.0/24).

1. Configure a RADIUS scheme:

   # Create a RADIUS scheme named rs1 and enter its view.

   <SwitchA> system-view
   [SwitchA] radius scheme rs1
   

   # Specify the primary authentication server and primary accounting server, and configure the keys for communication with the servers.

   [SwitchA-radius-rs1] primary authentication 192.168.0.112
   [SwitchA-radius-rs1] primary accounting 192.168.0.112
   [SwitchA-radius-rs1] key accounting simple radius
   [SwitchA-radius-rs1] key authentication simple radius
   [SwitchA-radius-rs1] user-name-format without-domain
   

   # Enable RADIUS session control.

   [SwitchA] radius session-control enable
   

   # Specify a session-control client with IP address 192.168.0.112 and shared key 12345 in plaintext form.

   [SwitchA] radius session-control client ip 192.168.0.112 key simple 12345
   

2. Configure an authentication domain:

   # Create an ISP domain named dm1 and enter its view.

   [SwitchA] domain dm1
   

   # Configure AAA methods for the ISP domain.

   [SwitchA-isp-dm1] authentication portal radius-scheme rs1
   [SwitchA-isp-dm1] authorization portal radius-scheme rs1
   [SwitchA-isp-dm1] accounting portal radius-scheme rs1
   [SwitchA-isp-dm1] quit
   

   # Configure domain dm1 as the default ISP domain. If a user enters the username without the ISP domain name at login, the authentication and accounting methods of the default domain are used for the user.

   [SwitchA] domain default enable dm1
   

3. Configure ACL 3000 as the isolation ACL and ACL 3001 as the security ACL.

   [SwitchA] acl advanced 3000
   [SwitchA-acl-ipv4-adv-3000] rule permit ip destination 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.255
   [SwitchA-acl-ipv4-adv-3000] rule deny ip
   [SwitchA-acl-ipv4-adv-3000] quit
   [SwitchA] acl advanced 3001
   [SwitchA-acl-ipv4-adv-3001] rule permit ip
   [SwitchA-acl-ipv4-adv-3001] quit
   

   	NOTE: Make sure you specify ACL 3000 as the isolation ACL and ACL 3001 as the security ACL on the security policy server.

4. Configure portal authentication:

   # Configure a portal authentication server.

   [SwitchA] portal server newpt
   [SwitchA-portal-server-newpt] ip 192.168.0.111 key simple portal
   [SwitchA-portal-server-newpt] port 50100
   [SwitchA-portal-server-newpt] quit
   

   # Configure a portal Web server.

   [SwitchA] portal web-server newpt
   [SwitchA-portal-websvr-newpt] url http://192.168.0.111:8080/portal
   [SwitchA-portal-websvr-newpt] quit
   

   # Enable cross-subnet portal authentication on VLAN-interface 4.

   [SwitchA] interface vlan-interface 4
   [SwitchA–Vlan-interface4] portal enable method layer3
   

   # Specify portal Web server newpt on VLAN-interface 4.

   [SwitchA–Vlan-interface4] portal apply web-server newpt
   

   # Configure the BAS-IP as 20.20.20.1 for portal packets sent from VLAN-interface 4 to the portal authentication server.

   [SwitchA–Vlan-interface4] portal bas-ip 20.20.20.1
   [SwitchA–Vlan-interface4] quit
   

# Verify that the portal configuration has taken effect.

[SwitchA] display portal interface vlan-interface 4
 Portal information of Vlan-interface4
     NAS-ID profile: Not configured
     Authorization : Strict checking 
     ACL           : Disabled
     User profile  : Disabled
 IPv4:
     Portal status: Enabled
     Portal authentication method: Layer3
     Portal web server: newpt
     Portal mac-trigger-server: Not configured
     Authentication domain: Not configured
     Pre-auth domain: Not configured
     User-dhcp-only: Disabled
     Pre-auth IP pool: Not configured
     Max Portal users: Not configured
     Bas-ip: 20.20.20.1
     User detection:  Not configured
     Action for server detection:
         Server type    Server name                        Action 
         --             --                                 -- 
     Layer3 source network:
         IP address               Mask

     Destination authenticate subnet:
         IP address               Mask
IPv6:
     Portal status: Disabled
     Portal authentication method: Disabled
     Portal web server: Not configured
     Portal mac-trigger-server: Not configured
     Authentication domain: Not configured
     Pre-auth domain: Not configured
     User-dhcp-only: Disabled
     Pre-auth IP pool: Not configured
     Max Portal users: Not configured
     Bas-ip: Not configured
     User detection: Not configured
     Action for server detection:
         Server type    Server name                        Action
         --             --                                 --
     Layer3 source network:
         IP address                                        Prefix length

     Destination authenticate subnet: 
         IP address                                        Prefix length 

Before passing portal authentication, a user that uses the HPE iNode client can access only the authentication page http://192.168.0.111:8080/portal. All Web requests from the user will be redirected to the authentication page.

• The user can access the resources permitted by ACL 3000 after passing only identity authentication.

• The user can access network resources permitted by ACL 3001 after passing both identity authentication and security check.

# After the user passes identity authentication and security check, use the following command to display information about the portal user.

[SwitchA] display portal user interface vlan-interface 4
Total portal users: 1
Username: abc
  Portal server: newpt
  State: Online
  VPN instance: N/A
  MAC                IP                 VLAN   Interface
  0015-e9a6-7cfe     8.8.8.2            4    Vlan-interface4
  Authorization information:
    DHCP IP pool: N/A
    User profile: N/A
    Session group profile: N/A
    ACL: 3001
    Inbound CAR: N/A
    Outbound CAR: N/A