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title: Configuring a RADIUS user profile
description: To configure Checkpoint VPN for PingID multi-factor authentication (MFA), you must configure a RADIUS user profile.
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# Configuring a RADIUS user profile

To configure Checkpoint VPN for PingID multi-factor authentication (MFA), you must configure a RADIUS user profile.

## Steps

1. In the **Network Objects** toolbar, click![A screen capture of the Users and Administrators icon.](_images/myl1564021007005.jpg).

2. In the **Network Objects** tree, expand **External User Profiles**.

3. Double-click the **generic**\* user profile.

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   |   | If the generic\* user profile is not listed, right-click on **External User Profiles**, and select **New External User Profile → Match all users…**. |

   ![A screen capture of the Match All Users cascading menu.](_images/tky1564021007489.jpg)

4. In the **External User Profile Properties** window, from the navigation tree, click **Authentication**.

   ![A screen capture of the External User Profile Properties window.](_images/ufn1564021008046.jpg)

5. In the **Authentication** window, enter the following information:

   1. From the **Authentication Scheme** list, select **RADIUS**.

   2. From the **Select a RADIUS Server or Group of Servers:** list, select the RADIUS server that you created previously.

      For more information, see [Create the VPN RADIUS server](pid_creating_vpn_radius_server.html).

6. Click **OK**.

7. In the **Network Objects** tree, right-click **User Groups**, and select **New Group…**.

   ![A screen capture of the Group Properties window.](_images/fsq1564021008570.jpg)

8. In the **Group Properties - RADIUS\_USERS** window, enter the following information:

   1. In the **Name** field, enter a name for the RADIUS group.

   2. From the **Available Members** pane, select **generic**\*. Click **Add**.

      ### Result:

      The generic member is added to the **Selected Members** list.

9. Click **OK**.