Configuring Port Authorization Mode

User Authentication.

CLI – This enables re-authentication and sets all of the global parameters for 802.1x.

Console(config)#dot1x re-authentication	4-71
Console(config)#dot1x max-req 5	4-69
Console(config)#dot1x timeout quiet-period 40	4-71
Console(config)#dot1x timeout re-auth 5	4-72
Console(config)#dot1x timeout tx-period 40	4-72
Console(config)#authentication dot1x default radius	4-69
Console(config)#

When dot1x is enabled, you need to specify the dot1x authentication mode configured for each port.

Command Attributes

•Status – Indicates if authentication is enabled or disabled on the port.

•Operation Mode – Allows single or multiple hosts (clients) to connect to an 802.1X-authorized port. (Range: Single-Host, Multi-Host; Default: Single-Host)

•Max Count – The maximum number of hosts that can connect to a port when the Multi-Host operation mode is selected. (Range: 1-20; Default: 5)

•Mode – Sets the authentication mode to one of the following options:

-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.

•Authorized

-Yes – Connected client is authorized.

-No – Connected client is not authorized.

-Blank – Displays nothing when dot1x is disabled on a port.

•Supplicant – Indicates the MAC address of a connected client.

•Trunk – Indicates if the port is configured as a trunk port.

Web – Click Security, 802.1x, Port Configuration. Select the authentication mode from the drop-down box and click Apply.

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Accton Technology VS4512DC manual Configuring Port Authorization Mode, Authorized

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User Authentication.