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D-Link DHS-3224V Switch User’s Guide

selected, control is exerted over both incoming and outgoing traffic through the controlled port selected in the first field.

•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. Each client attempting to access the network is identified (by the switch) according to the port through which the authentication message is relayed.

•TxPeriod:[30 ] – This sets the period of time for the authenticator PAE state machine.

•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 sets the port’s suppTimeout for the Backend Authentication state machine.

•ServerTimeout:[30 ] – This sets the port’s serverTimeout for the Backend Authentication state machine.*

•MaxReq:[2 ] – Set this for the Backend Authentication state machine.

•ReAuthPeriod:[3600 ] – Set this for the Reauthentication Timer state machine.

•ReAuth:<Disabled> – Toggle the port’s re-authenticating control between Enabled and Disabled.

*The ServerTimeout value must be set to a value that is less than the Radius Timeout and Radius Maximum Retransmit settings (see Configure General Radius Server Setting)

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