Chapter 19 802.1x
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 37 Port Settings
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Port Select a port number to configure.
802.1x State Select Enable to permit 802.1x authentication on the port.
You must first enable 802.1x authentication on the Switch before
configuring it on each port.
Admin Control
Direction
Select Both to drop incoming and outgoing packets on the port when a
user has not passed 802.1x port authentication.
Select In to drop only incoming packets on the port when a user has not
passed 802.1x port authentication.
Reauthenticati
on
Specify if a subscriber has to periodically re-enter his or her username
and password to stay connected to the port.
Port Control
Mode
Select Auto to require authentication on the port.
Select Force Authorized to always force this port to be authorized.
Select Force Unauthorized to always force this port to be
unauthorized. No packets can pass through this port.
Guest VLAN Select None to disable Guest VLAN.
Select 1 to use VLAN 1 for traffic from hosts that have not passed
authentication. Use this to limit the permissions of hosts which have not
passed authentication.
Max-req Time Specify the amount of times the Switch will try to connect to the
authentication server before determining the server is down. The
acceptable range for this field is 1 to 10 times.
Reauth period Specify how often a client has to re-enter his or her username and
password to stay connected to the port. The acceptable range for this
field is 0 to 65535 seconds.
Quiet period Specify a period of the time the client has to wait before the next
reauthentication attempt. This will prevent the Switch from becoming
overloaded with continous reauthentication attempts from the client. The
acceptable range for this field is 0 to 65535 seconds.
Supp timeout Specify how long the Switch will wait before communicating with the
client. The acceptable range for this field is 0 to 65535 seconds.
Server timeout Specify how long the Switch will wait before communicating with the
server. The acceptable range for this field is 0 to 65535 seconds.
Reset to
Default
Select this and click Apply to reset the custom 802.1x port
authentication settings back to default.
Apply Click this to save any changes.
Refresh Click this to reload the screen and reset any changes that were just
made.
Port Status
Port This field displays the port number.
802.1x State This field displays if 802.1x authentication is Enabled or Disabled on
the port.
