Changing the value of Called-Station-Id parameter

Summary

This article explains the procedure on changing Called-Station-Id parameter's value in ZD environment.

Question

How do I change Called-Station-Id in the RADIUS-Request that goes out from a ZD to AAA?

Customer Environment

ZD managed wireless network.

Root Cause

Only Called stationi ID supported, NAS-ID not supported on ZD.

Resolution

Sometimes you need to provide exact AP's MAC address in the RADIUS Access-Request packet. This could be to help assigning a particular VLAN or assigning access/usage rights to the user that is trying to login.

You can provide AP's MAC address in two different methods:
1. Using NAS-Id
2. Using Called-Station-Id

Unfortunately providing AP MAC using NAS-Id is not available as an option in ZD (whereas, SCG lets it via GUI - look under WLAN settings' RADIUS Options).

So the available option is usage of Called-Station-Id instead. This can be done via ZD CLI. Here is the command sequence to follow:

Please login: admin
Password:
Welcome to the Ruckus Wireless ZoneDirector 5000 Command Line Interface
ruckus> en
ruckus# conf
You have all rights in this mode.
ruckus(config)# wlan "test"
The WLAN service 'test' has been loaded. To save the WLAN service, type 'end' or 'exit'.
ruckus(config-wlan)# called-station-id-type
wlan-bssid Sets Called-Station-Id to 'BSSID:SSID'.
ap-mac Sets Called-Station-Id to 'APMAC:SSID'.
ruckus(config-wlan)# called-station-id-type ap-mac

By default wlan-bssid will be sent out to the AAA. Using the above command you can change it to "ap-mac".

Article Number:
000004891

Updated:
September 23, 2020 11:51 PM (about 4 years ago)

Tags:
Configuration, ZoneDirector

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