DES-3226 NWay Standalone Fast Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
•Port – The port number.
•AuthState – The Authenticator PAE State will display one of the following: Initialize, Disconnected, Connecting, Authenticating, Authenticated, Aborting, Held, ForceAuth, ForceUnauth, and N/A.
•BackendState – The Backend Authentication State will display one of the following: Request, Response, Success, Fail, Timeout, Idle, Initialize, and N/A.
•AdmDir – The Administrative Controlled Directions are both and in.
•OprDir – The Operational Controlled Directions are both and in.
•PortStatus – The status of the controlled port can be authorized, unauthorized, or N/A.
•PortControl – The controlled port can be forceUnauthorized, auto, or forceAuthorized.
Radius Server
The RADIUS feature of the switch allows you to facilitate centralized user administration as well as providing protection against a sniffing, active hacker. The Web Manager offers three windows.
General Radius Server
Figure 7-28. General Radius Server Setting window
This window allows you to set the following features:
•AuthProtocol [Radius Server] – Toggle between the authentication protocol options: Radius Server (Support EAP) and Local.
•Radius Dead Time [1 ] – This specifies the number of minutes a RADIUS server which is not responding to authentication requests is considered unavailable and is passed over by further requests for RADIUS authentication.
•Radius Time Out [10 ] – This specifies the number of seconds NAS waits for a reply to a RADIUS request before transmitting the request.
•Radius Maximum Retransmit [2 ]
