D-Link DWC-1000 [224/368] Configure active directory server

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Section 6 - Securing Your Network

Congure Active Directory Server

Path:Security>Authentication>ExternalAuthServer>ADServer

ActiveDirectoryauthenticationisanenhancedversionofNTDomainauthentication.TheKerberosprotocolis

leveragedforauthenticationofusers,whoaregroupedinOrganizationalUnits(OUs).InparticulartheActive

Directory server can support more than a million users given is structure while the NT Domain server is limited

to thousands.

TheconguredAuthenticationServersandActiveDirectorydomain(s)areusedtovalidatetheuserwiththe

directoryofusers on the externalWindowsbased server.Thisauthenticationoption iscommonforSSLVPN

clientusersandisalsousefulforIPSec/PPTP/L2TPclientauthentication.

To congure your AD Server:

1. Go to Security > Authentication > External Auth Server > AD Server tab.

2. Complete the AD server information from the table below and click Save.

Field Description

Authentication Server IPaddressoftheADauthenticationserver.

Active Directory Domain

Since Active Directory is the chosen authentication type, you must enter the Active

Directory domain name in this eld. Users that are registered in the Active Directory

databasecannowaccesstheSSLVPNportalbyusingtheirActiveDirectoryusername

and password.

Timeout

Set the amount of time in seconds that the controller should wait for a response from

the AD server.

Retries

This determines the number of tries the controller will make to the AD server before

giving up.