Security 69
■Auto – Requires a dot1x-aware client to
be authorized by the authentication
server. Clients that are not dot1x-aware
will be denied access.
■Force-Authorized – Forces the port to
grant access to all clients, either
dot1x-aware or otherwise.
■Force-Unauthorized – Forces the port to
deny access to all clients, either
dot1x-aware or otherwise.
■Maximum Request – Sets the maximum
number of times the switch port will
retransmit an EAP request packet to the
client before it times out the authentication
session. (Range: 1-10; Default 2)
■Mode Reauthentication – Sets the client to
be re-authenticated after the interval
specified by the Re-authentication Period.
Re-authentication can be used to detect if a
new device is plugged into a switch port.
(Default: Disabled)
■Max Count – The maximum number of
hosts that can connect to a port when the
Multi-Host operation mode is selected.
(Range: 1-1024; Default: 5)
■Reauthentication Period – Sets the time
period after which a connected client must
be re-authenticated. (Range: 1-65535
seconds; Default: 3600 seconds)
■Quiet Period – Sets the time that a switch
port waits after the Max Request Count has
been exceeded before attempting to acquire
a new client. (Range: 1-65535 seconds;
Default: 60 seconds)
■Transmit Period – Sets the time period
during an authentication session that the
switch waits before re-transmitting an EAP
packet. (Range: 1-65535; Default: 30
seconds)
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