FibroLAN Falcon-RX/812/G/A User Manual page 114

Falcon R-Class | User Guide
Port Configuration
The table below has one row for each port on the switch several columns
Port
Admin State
If NAS is globally enabled, this selection controls the port's authentication mode. The following
modes are available:
Force Authorized
Force Unauthorized
Port-based 802.1X
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entering the Guest VLAN even if an EAPOL frame has been received
on the port
The value can only be changed if the Guest VLAN option is globally
enabled.
The port number for which the configuration below applies.
In this mode, the switch will send one EAPOL Success frame when the
port link comes up, and any client on the port will be allowed network
access without authentication
In this mode, the switch will send one EAPOL Failure frame when the
port link comes up, and any client on the port will be disallowed
network access.
In the 802.1X-world, the user is called the supplicant, the switch is the
authenticator, and the RADIUS server is the authentication server. The
authenticator acts as the man-in-the-middle, forwarding requests and
responses between the supplicant and the authentication server.
Frames sent between the supplicant and the switch are special 802.1X
frames, known as EAPOL (EAP Over LANs) frames. EAPOL frames
encapsulate EAP PDUs (RFC3748). Frames sent between the switch
and the RADIUS server are RADIUS packets. RADIUS packets also
encapsulate EAP PDUs together with other attributes like the switch's
for the lifetime of the port.