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Table 9-8 Parameters of Configuring Interface Settings for 802.1X Port Authentication
Title
Port
Status
Authorized
Supplicant
Control Mode
Operation Mode
Max MAC Count
Issue 01 (2011-11-17)
Description
Port number.
Indicates if authentication is enabled or disabled on the port. The
status is disabled if the control mode is set to Force-Authorized.
Displays the 802.1X authorization status of connected clients.
Yes – Connected client is authorized.
No – Connected client is not authorized.
Indicates the MAC address of a connected client.
Sets the authentication mode to one of the following options:
Auto – Requires a dot1x-aware client to be authorized by the
authentication server. Clients that are not dot1x-aware will be
denied access.
Force-Authorized – Forces the port to grant access to all clients,
either dot1x-aware or otherwise. (This is the default setting.)
Force-Unauthorized – Forces the port to deny access to all
clients, either dot1x-aware or otherwise.
Allows single or multiple hosts (clients) to connect to an
802.1X-authorized port. (Default: Single-Host)
Single-Host – Allows only a single host to connect to this port.
Multi-Host – Allows multiple host to connect to this port. In this
mode, only one host connected to a port needs to pass
authentication for all other hosts to be granted network access.
Similarly, a port can become unauthorized for all hosts if one
attached host fails re-authentication or sends an EAPOL logoff
message.
The maximum number of hosts that can connect to a port when the
Multi-Host operation mode is selected.(Range: 1-256; Default: 5)
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