View The Port Summary - NETGEAR MS510TX User Manual

The following table describes the nonconfigurable port authentication status information
available on the page.
Table 57. Port authentication status information
Field
Control Direction
Protocol Version
PAE Capabilities
Authenticator PAE State
Backend State

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Use the Port Summary page to view summary information about the port-based
authentication settings for each port.
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Description
The control direction for the specified port, which is always Both. The control
direction dictates the degree to which protocol exchanges take place between
supplicant and authenticator.The unauthorized controlled port exerts control over
communication in both directions (disabling both incoming and outgoing frames).
The protocol version associated with the selected port. The only possible value
is 1, corresponding to the first version of the 802.1X specification.
The port access entity (PAE) functionality of the selected port. Possible values
are Authenticator or Supplicant.
The current state of the authenticator PAE state machine. Possible values are as
follows:
• Initialize
• Disconnected
• Connecting
• Authenticating
• Authenticated
• Aborting
• Held
• ForceAuthorized
• ForceUnauthorized
The current state of the backend authentication state machine. Possible values
are as follows:
• Request
• Response
• Success
• Fail
• Timeout
• Initialize
• Idle
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