Activate Mac Authentication - ZyXEL Communications XMG1930-30 User Manual

The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 310 SECURITY > Port Authentication > 802.1x
LABEL
Active
EAPOL flood
Port
*
Active
Max-Req
Reauth
Reauth-period
secs
Quiet-period secs
Tx-period secs
Supp-Timeout
secs
Apply
Cancel

76.3 Activate MAC Authentication

Use this screen to activate MAC authentication. Click SECURITY > Port Authentication > MAC
Authentication to display the configuration screen as shown.
Chapter 76 Port Authentication
DESCRIPTION
Enable the switch button to permit 802.1x authentication on the Switch.
Note: You must first enable 802.1x authentication on the Switch before configuring it
on each port.
Enable the switch button to flood EAPOL packets to all ports in the same VLAN.
EAP over LAN (EAPOL) is a port authentication protocol used in IEEE 802.1x. It is used to
encapsulate and transmit EAP packets between the supplicant (a client device that requests
access to the network resources or services) and authenticator (the Switch) directly over the
LAN.
Note: EAPOL flood will not take effect when 802.1x authentication is enabled.
This field displays the port number. * means all ports.
Settings in this row apply to all ports.
Use this row only if you want to make some settings the same for all ports. Use this row first to set
the common settings and then make adjustments on a port-by-port basis.
Note: Changes in this row are copied to all the ports as soon as you make them.
Select this to permit 802.1x authentication on this port. You must first allow 802.1x
authentication on the Switch before configuring it on each port.
Specify the number of times the Switch tries to authenticate clients before sending
unresponsive ports to the Guest VLAN.
This is set to 2 by default. That is, the Switch attempts to authenticate a client twice. If the client
does not respond to the first authentication request, the Switch tries again. If the client still does
not respond to the second request, the Switch sends the client to the Guest VLAN. The client
needs to send a new request to be authenticated by the Switch again.
Specify if a subscriber has to periodically re-enter his or her user name and password to stay
connected to the port.
Specify the length of time required to pass before a client has to re-enter his or her user name
and password to stay connected to the port.
Specify the number of seconds the port remains in the HELD state and rejects further
authentication requests from the connected client after a failed authentication exchange.
Specify the number of seconds the Switch waits for client's response before re-sending an
identity request to the client.
Specify the number of seconds the Switch waits for client's response to a challenge request
before sending another request.
Click Apply to save your changes to the Switch's run-time memory. The Switch loses these
changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the Save link on the top navigation panel to
save your changes to the non-volatile memory when you are done configuring.
Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.
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