AT-S79 Management Software User’s Guide

ˆPorts used to interconnect switches should be set to the port control setting of Force-authorized. This is illustrated in Figure 35.

Port 6:

802.1x Port Control

Setting: Force-authorized

Port 15:

802.1x Port Control

Setting: Force-authorized

Switch A

Port 22:

802.1x Port Control

Setting: Force-authorized

RADIUS

Authentication

Server

Switch B

Ports 1 to 12: 802.1x Port Control Setting: Auto

Supplicants with 802.1x Client Software

Figure 35. Port-based Authentication Across Multiple Switches

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Allied Telesis AT-S79 manual Switch a, Switch B