Reauthenticate Port(S) For Port Based 802.1X; Reauthenticate Port(S) For Mac-Based 802.1X - D-Link xStack DES-3800 Series User Manual

Reauthenticate Port(s) for Port Based 802.1x

This window allows reauthentication of a port or group of ports by using the pull-down menus From and To and clicking Apply.
The Reauthenticate Port Table displays the current status of the reauthenticated port(s) once Apply has been clicked.
Click Security > 802.1X > Reauthenticate Port(s) to open the Reauthenticate Port(s) window:
Figure 11- 1 . Reauthenticate Port and Reauthenticate Port Table window
This window displays the following information:
Parameter
Unit
Port
MAC Address
Auth PAE State
BackendState
PortStatus

Reauthenticate Port(s) for MAC-based 802.1x

To reauthenticate ports for the MAC side of 802.1x, the user must first enable 802.1x by MAC address in the Advanced Settings
window. Click Security > 802.1X > Reauthenticate Port(s) to open the following window:
To reauthenticate ports, first choose the range of ports in the From and To field. Then the user must specify the MAC address to
be reauthenticated by entering it into the MAC Address field and checking the corresponding check box. To begin the
reauthentication, click Apply.
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Description
Choose the Switch ID number of the Switch in the switch stack to be modified.
The port number of the reauthenticated port.
Displays the physical address of the Switch where the port resides.
The Authenticator State will display one of the following: Initialize, Disconnected, Connecting,
Authenticating, Authenticated, Aborting, Held, ForceAuth, ForceUnauth, and N/A.
The Backend State will display one of the following: Request, Response, Success, Fail,
Timeout, Idle, Initialize, and N/A.
The status of the controlled port can be Authorized, Unauthorized, or N/A.
Figure 11- 16. Reauthenticate Ports window – MAC based 802.1x
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