User Authentication

Command Attributes (Cont.)

• 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. (This is the default setting.)

 

Force-Unauthorized – Forces the port to deny access to all clients, either dot1x-

 

aware or otherwise.

 

 

Re-authentication:

Sets the client to be re-authenticated after the interval specified by the Re-authentica-

 

tion Period.

 

Re-authentication can be used to detect if a new device is plugged into a switch port.

 

• Default: Disabled

 

 

• Max 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

 

 

• 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

 

 

Re-authentication

Sets the time period after which a connected client must be re-authenticated.

Period:

• Range: 1-65535 seconds

 

• Default: 3600 seconds

 

 

• TX 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

 

 

• 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.

 

 

Configuring Port Settings for 802.1x - Web

Click Security, 802.1x, Port Configuration. Modify the parameters required, and click Apply.

FIG. 66 Web - 802.1x Port Configuration

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NXA-ENET24 specifications

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