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DES-3226 NWay Standalone Fast Ethernet Switch User’s Guide

•PortControl [auto] – This allows you to control the port authorization state. Select forceAuthorized to disable 802.1X and cause the port to transition to the authorized state without any authentication exchange required. This means the port transmits and receives normal traffic without 802.1X-based authentication of the client. If forceUnauthorized is selected, the port will remain in the unauthorized state, ignoring all attempts by the client to authenticate. The switch cannot provide authentication services to the client through the interface. The third option is auto. This enables 802.1X and causes the port to begin in the unauthorized state, allowing only EAPOL frames to be sent and received through the port. The authentication process begins when the link state of the port transitions from down to up, or when an EAPOL-start frame is received. The switch then requests the identity of the client and begins relaying authentication messages between the client and the authentication server.

•TxPeriod [30 ] – This sets the TxPeriod of time for the authenticator PAE state machine. This value determines the period an EAP Request/Identity packet is transmitted to the client.

•QuietPeriod [60 ] – This allows you to set the number of seconds that the switch remains in the quiet state following a failed authentication exchange with the client.

•SuppTimeout [30 ] – This value determines timeout conditions in the exchanges between the Authenticator and the client.

•ServerTimeout [30 ] – This value determines timeout conditions in the exchanges between the Authenticator and the client.

•MaxReq [2 ] – The maximum number of times that the switch will retransmit an EAP Request packet to the client before it times out the authentication session.

•ReAuthPeriod [3600 ] – A constant that defines a nonzero number of seconds between periodic reauthentications of the client.

•ReAuth [Disabled] – Determines whether regular reauthentication will take place on this port.

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