Configuring Port Authorization Mode - SMC Networks SMC6724L3 Management Manual

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Configuring Port Authorization Mode

When dot1x is enabled, you need to specify the dot1x authentication mode
configured for each port.
Command Attributes
• Status – Indicates if authentication is enabled or disabled on the port.
• Mode – 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.
- Force-Unauthorized – Forces the port to deny access to all clients,
either dot1x-aware or otherwise.
• Authorized –
- Yes – Connected client is authorized.
- No – Connected client is not authorized.
- Blank – Displays nothing when dot1x is disabled on a port.
• Supplicant – Indicates the MAC address of a connected client.
• Trunk – Indicates if the port is configured as a trunk port.
Web – Click dot1X, dot1X Port configuration. Select the authentication
mode from the drop-down box and click Apply.
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