D-Link DES-3250TG manual Reauthenticate Ports for MAC-based, Radius Server, Auth State, 110

D-Link DES-3250TG Standalone Layer 2 Switch

Port	The port number.
MAC Address	The MAC address of the Switch residing on
	the port.
Auth State	The Authenticator State will display one of
	the following: Initialize, Disconnected,
	Connecting, Authenticating, Authenticated,
	Aborting, Held, ForceAuth, ForceUnauth,
	and N/A.
BackendState	The Backend State will display one of the
	following: Request, Response, Success, Fail,
	Timeout, Idle, Initialize, and N/A.
Oper Dir	The Operational Controlled Directions are
	both and in.
PortStatus	The status of the controlled port can be
	authorized, unauthorized, or N/A.

Reauthenticate Port(s) for MAC-based 802.1x

To reauthenticate ports for the MAC side of 802.1x, the user must first enable 802.1x by MAC address in the Advanced Settings window. Click Configuration > Port Access Entity > PAE System Control > Reauthenticate Port(s) to open the following window:

Figure 7- 71. Reauthenticate Port(s) for MAC-based 802.1x window

To reauthenticate ports, first choose the switch in the switch stack by using the Unit pull-down menu, then the range of ports in the From and To field. Then the user must specify the MAC address to be reauthenticated by entering it into the MAC Address field and checking the corresponding check box. To begin the reauthentication, click Apply.

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.

Click Radius Server on the PAE Access Entity folder on the Configuration menu to open the Radius Server Authentication Setting window:

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