2. Port Defaults - Network

Here are defined the defaults for each port defined in Portslave.

The defaults' settings are the ones which will be used for each port defined in Portslave, unless the port has its own definition for a specified item, so it would be used instead the default value.

Here you're able to configure network aspects of the port.

2.1 Debug

If enabled, dumps extra debug information to be dumped to syslog.

2.2 Auth type

Authentication type.

Example: such as radius.

2.3 Auth host 1

Primary authentication host to be used.

2.4 Auth host 2

Secondary authentication host to be used when primary authentication host is unreachable or down.

This definition is optional.

2.5 Acct host 1

Primary accounting host to be used.

Usually this is the same host as the authentication host.

2.6 Acct host 2

Secondary accounting host to be used when primary accounting host is unreachable or down.

Usually this is the same as the secondary authentication host.

This definition is optional.

2.7 RAD timeout

Retry timeout for authentication and accounting requests.

2.8 Realms definitions

Again, user@host login names are recognized, but the @host part is used to select different authentication/accounting hosts.

In the first example, all four hosts are actually defined; in the second, there is only one authentication and one accounting host.

Undefined hosts must be represented by empty strings (double quotes).

The order is @realm authhost1 accthost1 authhost2 accthost2.

'<' means that the @host part is a suffix, and '-' tells the program to strip the suffix if providing a login service.

'>' and '+' are counterparts to '>' and '-', as shown in the third example, which does what UUCPHACK has existed for.

2.9 Secret

The shared secret for RADIUS (pssst! don't tell anyone).

2.10 Protocol

Protocol to be used in sessions.

2.11 Host

Hostname used.

2.12 IP number

IP assigned to port.

This setting is usually used with the 'Auto generated IPs' option.

2.13 Auto generated IPs

When enabled the portnumber will be added to the 'IP number' given, so different IPs will be automatically assigned to each port.

Using this option there's no need to define IPs port-by-port, saving administrator's time.

2.14 Netmask

Leave this to 255.255.255.255 unless you really know what you're doing.

2.15 MTU

Self explanatory.