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Configuring 802.1X Port Authentication
Authenticator PAE State Machine
State – Current state (including initialize, disconnected, connecting,
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authenticating, authenticated, aborting, held, force_authorized,
force_unauthorized).
Reauth Count – Number of times connecting state is re-entered.
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Current Identifier – Identifier sent in each EAP Success, Failure or
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Request packet by the Authentication Server.
Backend State Machine
State – Current state (including request, response, success, fail,
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timeout, idle, initialize).
Request Count – Number of EAP Request packets sent to the
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Supplicant without receiving a response.
Identifier (Server) – Identifier carried in the most recent EAP
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Success, Failure or Request packet received from the Authentication
Server.
Reauthentication State Machine
State – Current state (including initialize, reauthenticate).
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To configure port authenticator settings for 802.1X:
Click Security, Port Authentication.
1.
Select Configure Interface from the Step list.
2.
Click Authenticator.
3.
Modify the authentication settings for each port as required.
4.
Click Apply
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