Control Direction; Eap Over Lan; Eapol Packet Format - HP A6600 Configuration Manual

Figure 29 Authorization state of a controlled port

Control direction

In the unauthorized state, a controlled port can perform:
Bidirectional traffic control to deny traffic to and from a client.
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Unidirectional traffic control to deny traffic from a client.
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NOTE:
The HP devices support only unidirectional traffic control.

EAP over LAN

EAPOL packet format

EAPOL, defined in 802.1X, is intended to carry EAP protocol packets between clients and devices over
LANs. Figure 30
Figure 30 EAPOL packet format
PAE Ethernet type—Protocol type. It takes the value 0x888E.
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Protocol version—Version of the EAPOL protocol supported by the EAPOL packet sender.
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Type—Type of the EAPOL packet.
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shows the EAPOL packet format.
Table 8 lists the types that the device supports.
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