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2.5.12 802.1x Configuration
System Configuration
802.1x makes use of the physical access characteristics of IEEE802 LAN infrastructures in order to
provide a means of authenticating and authorizing devices attached to a LAN port that has
point-to-point connection characteristics, and of preventing access to that port in cases in which the
authentication and authorization process fails.
To enable 802.1x, from Administrator \Switch setting \Advanced then you still to fill in the
authentication server information：
Radius Server IP Address: the IP address of the authentication server.
Server Port: The UDP port number used by the authentication server to authenticate. Accounting
Port: The UDP port number used by the authentication server to retrieve accounting information.
Shared Key: A key shared between this switch and authentication server.
NAS, Identifier: A string used to identify this switch.
Perport Configuration
In this page, you can select the specific port and configure the Authorization State.
Each port can select four kinds of Authorization State: