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xStack DGS-3620 Series Layer 3 Managed Stackable Gigabit Switch Web UI Reference Guide
MaxReq
TxPeriod
ReAuthPeriod
ReAuthentication
Port Control
Capability
Direction
Forward EAPOL
PDU
Max User
Click the Refresh button to refresh the display table so that new entries will appear.
Click the Apply button to accept the changes made.
The maximum number of times that the Switch will retransmit an EAP Request to the
client before it times out of the authentication sessions. The default setting is 2. It is
defined in MaxReq, IEEE-802.1X-2001 page 47. The maximum number of times that
the state machine will retransmit an EAP Request packet to the Supplicant before it
times out the authentication session. Its default value is 2; it can be set by management
to any value in the range from 1 to 10.
This sets the TxPeriod of time for the authenticator PAE state machine. This value
determines the period of an EAP Request/Identity packet transmitted to the client. The
default setting is 30 seconds.
A constant that defines a nonzero number of seconds between periodic re-
authentication of the client. The default setting is 3600 seconds.
Determines whether regular re-authentication will take place on this port. The default
setting is Disabled.
This allows the user to control the port authorization state.
Select ForceAuthorized to disable 802.1X and cause the port to transition to the
authorized state without any authentication exchange required. This means the port
transmits and receives normal traffic without 802.1X-based authentication of the client.
If ForceUnauthorized is selected, the port will remain in the unauthorized state, ignoring
all attempts by the client to authenticate. The Switch cannot provide authentication
services to the client through the interface.
If Auto is selected, it will enable 802.1X and cause the port to begin in the unauthorized
state, allowing only EAPOL frames to be sent and received through the port. The
authentication process begins when the link state of the port transitions from down to
up, or when an EAPOL-start frame is received. The Switch then requests the identity of
the client and begins relaying authentication messages between the client and the
authentication server.
The default setting is Auto.
This allows the 802.1X Authenticator settings to be applied on a per-port basis. Select
Authenticator to apply the settings to the port. When the setting is activated, a user
must pass the authentication process to gain access to the network. Select None
disable 802.1X functions on the port.
Sets the administrative-controlled direction to Both or In. If Both is selected, control is
exerted over both incoming and outgoing traffic through the controlled port selected in
the first field. If In is selected, the control is only exerted over incoming traffic through
the port the user selected in the first field.
This is a port-based setting to control the forwarding of EAPOL PDU. When 802.1X
functionality is disabled globally or for a port, and if 802.1X forward PDU is enabled
both globally and for the port, a received EAPOL packet on the port will be flooded in
the same VLAN to those ports for which 802.1X forward PDU is enabled and 802.1X is
disabled (globally or just for the port). The default state is disabled.
Specifies the maximum number of users. The maximum user limit is 448 users. The
default is 16.
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