Mac-Based Access Control; Global - Huawei S1700 Series Web User Manual

S1700 Managed Series Ethernet Switches
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9.6 MAC-based Access Control

Some devices connected to network do not support 802.1X authentication possibly due to the
limitation of hardware and software, such as network printer, IP phone, and some wireless
APs. The switch allows this kind of network device to achieve authentication access by
authenticating the MAC address of the device.

9.6.1 Global

Click Security> MAC-based Aceess Control> Global to configure the global parameters of
MAC Authentication, the configuration page is displayed as follows.
Figure 9-25 Global Settings
Table 9-18 Parameters of Global Settings
Item
Status
Password
User Name
Max User
After configuring the user name (use the MAC address as user name by default ) and
password for MAC address authentication, you must create an account in Security> User
Management. To complete the MAC address authentication, the user name and password
should be the same as user name and password for MAC address authentication .
Issue 05 (2012-10-25)
Description
Configure the global function of MAC address authentication.
Configure the password used to authenticate MAC address, ranging from 1 to
16 characters.
Configure the user name used to configure MAC address authentication,
using MAC address as user name is default, ranging from 1 to 64 characters.
When the number of access user reaches the configured limitation number,
the device will not execute authentication and trigger action for the later
accessed user, thus those users can not normally access the network. The
value ranges from 1 to 512, and the default is 256.
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