Ieee 802.1X Port Authentication; Ieee 802.1X Global - Hirschmann MACH 4000 Reference Manual

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2.6 IEEE 802.1X
Port Authentication
802.1x port authentication provides you with the following dialogs:

"IEEE 802.1X Global"

"IEEE 802.1X Port Configuration"
"IEEE 802.1X Port Statistics"
"RADIUS Server Settings for IEEE 802.1X"
The port-based network access control is a method described in the standard
IEEE 802.1X to protect IEEE 802 networks from unauthorized access. The
protocol controls the access to a port by authenticating and authorizing a
device that is connected to this port of the device.
The authentication and authorization is performed by the authenticator, in
this case the device. The device authenticates (or does not authenticate) the
supplicant (the querying device, e.g. a PC), which means that it permits the
access to the services it provides (e.g. access to the network to which the
device is connected), or else refuses it. In the process, the device accesses
an external authentication server (RADIUS server), which checks the
authentication data of the supplicant. The device exchanges the
authentication data with the supplicant via the Extensible Authentication
Protocol over LANs (EAPOL), and with the RADIUS server via the RADIUS
protocol.
2.6.1 IEEE 802.1X Global
The IEEE 802.1X Global dialog gives you the option of switching port
authentication on or off.
With "Function" you enable or disable the function.
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