3
Configuring the Switch
• Supplicant – Indicates the MAC address of a connected client.
• Trunk – Indicates if the port is configured as a trunk port.
Web – Click Security, 802.1x, Port Configuration. Select the authentication mode
from the drop-down box and click Apply.
CLI – This example sets the authentication mode to enable 802.1x on port 2, and
allows up to ten clients to connect to this port.
Console(config)#interface ethernet 1/2
Console(config-if)#dot1x port-control auto
Console(config-if)#dot1x operation-mode multi-host max-count 10
Console(config-if)#
Displaying 802.1x Statistics
This switch can display statistics for dot1x protocol exchanges for any port.
Parameter
Rx EAPOL Start
Rx EAPOL Logoff
Rx EAPOL Invalid
Rx EAPOL Total
Rx EAP Resp/Id
3-62
Figure 3-37 802.1X Port Configuration
Table 3-6 802.1x Statistics
Description
The number of EAPOL Start frames that have been received by this
Authenticator.
The number of EAPOL Logoff frames that have been received by this
Authenticator.
The number of EAPOL frames that have been received by this
Authenticator in which the frame type is not recognized.
The number of valid EAPOL frames of any type that have been received
by this Authenticator.
The number of EAP Resp/Id frames that have been received by this
Authenticator.
4-149
4-81
4-82