4
USING 3COM NETWORK ACCESS
MANAGER WITHIN A NETWORK
This chapter provides:
■ six case studies on how 3Com Network Access Manager can be setup
to provide different levels of security on a network.
Case Study
Assumptions
All of the case studies described in this chapter assume the following:
■ Microsoft’s Active Directory working with Microsoft's Internet
Authentication Service (IAS) and 3Com Network Access Manager to
provide RADIUS authentication of users and computers in the
network.
■ All authorized users are listed in Active Directory.
■ All users and computers are allocated into their relevant organizational
group, for example Marketing, or Students.
■ The network operator has access to a PC with Windows 2000
Professional or Windows XP Professional installed, and the PC has
Active Directory Users and Computers installed (from the Windows
Server Admin Pack).