Port Access Control; Description Of The Port Access Control - Hirschmann RS20 User Manual

Assistance in the Protection from
Unauthorized Access

6.4 Port access control

6.4.1

Description of the port access control

You can configure the device in such a way that it helps to protect every port
from unauthorized access. Depending on your selection, the device checks
the MAC address or the IP address of the connected device.
The following functions are available for monitoring every individual port:

The device can distinguish between authorized and unauthorized access
and supports 2 types of access control:
 Access for all:
– No access restriction.
– MAC address 00:00:00:00:00:00 or
– IP address 0.0.0.0.
 Access exclusively for defined MAC and IP addresses:
– Only devices with defined MAC or IP addresses have access.
– You can define up to 10 IP addresses, up to 50 MAC addresses or
maskable MAC addresses.
 The device can react to an unauthorized access attempt in 3 selectable
ways:

none: no reaction
 trapOnly: message by sending a trap

portDisable: message by sending a trap and disabling the port
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