Edge-Core ECS4810-12M Layer 2 Management Manual page 361

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ARAMETERS
These parameters are displayed:
Port – Port number.
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PAE Supplicant – Enables PAE supplicant mode. (Default: Disabled)
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If the attached client must be authenticated through another device in
the network, supplicant status must be enabled.
Supplicant status can only be enabled if PAE Control Mode is set to
"Force-Authorized" on this port (see
Settings for 802.1X" on page
PAE supplicant status cannot be enabled if a port is a member of trunk
or LACP is enabled on the port.
◆ Authentication Period – The time that a supplicant port waits for a
response from the authenticator. (Range: 1-65535 seconds;
Default: 30 seconds)
Held Period – The time that a supplicant port waits before resending
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its credentials to find a new an authenticator. (Range: 1-65535
seconds; Default: 30 seconds)
◆ Start Period – The time that a supplicant port waits before resending
an EAPOL start frame to the authenticator. (Range: 1-65535 seconds;
Default: 30 seconds)
Maximum Start – The maximum number of times that a port
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supplicant will send an EAP start frame to the client before assuming
that the client is 802.1X unaware. (Range: 1-65535; Default: 3)
◆ Authenticated – Shows whether or not the supplicant has been
authenticated.
W I
EB NTERFACE
To configure port authenticator settings for 802.1X:
Click Security, Port Authentication.
1.
Select Configure Interface from the Step list.
2.
Click Supplicant.
3.
Modify the supplicant settings for each port as required.
4.
Click Apply
5.
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Configuring 802.1X Port Authentication
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