TP-Link T2500-28TC User Manual page 237

Choose the menu Network Security→802.1X→Global Config to load the following page.
The following entries are displayed on this screen:
Global Config

802.1X:
Auth Method:
Guest VLAN:
Guest VLAN ID:
Accounting:
Authentication Config

Quiet:
Quiet Period:
Figure 13-23 Global Config
Enable/Disable the 802.1X function.
Select the Authentication Method from the pull-down list.
EAP-MD5: IEEE 802.1X authentication system
•
uses extensible authentication protocol (EAP) to
exchange information between the switch and the
client. The EAP protocol packets with authentication
data can be encapsulated in the advanced protocol
(such as RADIUS) packets to be transmitted to the
authentication server.
• PAP: IEEE 802.1X authentication system uses
extensible authentication
exchange information between the switch and the
client. The transmission of EAP packets is
terminated at the switch and the EAP packets are
converted to the other protocol (such as RADIUS)
packets for transmission.
Enable/Disable the Guest VLAN feature.
Enter your desired VLAN ID to enable the Guest VLAN
feature. The supplicants in the Guest VLAN can access
the specified network source.
Enable/Disable the 802.1X accounting feature.
Enable/Disable the Quiet timer.
Specify a value for Quiet Period. Once the supplicant
failed to the 802.1X Authentication, then the switch will not
respond to the authentication request from the same
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protocol (EAP) to