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		AT-S62 Command Line User’s Guide
	You can use this selection to control how an
	Authenticator port will handle egress broadcast and
	multicast traffic when in the unauthorized state. You
	can instruct the port to forward this traffic to the
	client, even though the client has not logged on, or
	you can have the port discard the traffic.
	The two selections are:
	ingress	An authenticator port, when in the
		unauthorized state, will discard all
		ingress broadcast and multicast packets
		from the client. while forwarding all
		egress broadcast and multicast traffic to
		the same client.
	both	An authenticator port, when in the
		unauthorized state, will not forward
		ingress or egress broadcast and multicast
		packets from or to the client until the
		client has logged on. This is the default.
piggyback	Controls who can use the switch port in cases where
	there are multiple clients using the port (e.g., the port
	is connected to an Ethernet hub). Options are:
	enabled	Allows all clients on the port
		to piggy-back onto the initial
		client’s authentication,
		causing the port to forward
		all packets after one client is
		authenticated. This is the
		default setting.
	disabled	Specifies that the switch port
		forward only those packets
		from the client who is

authenticated and discard packets from all other users.

Description

This command sets ports to the Authenticator role and configures the Authenticator role parameters. This command also disables port-based access control on a port.

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