Enterasys Networks 2H253, 2E253, 2H252, 2H258 manual Initialize Port, Force Reauth, Maximum Requests

EAP (Port) Configuration Screen

Table 3-9 EAP Port Configuration Screen Field Descriptions (Continued)

Use this field…	To…
Port Control	• Forced Authenticated Mode: The Forced Authenticated Mode is
(Cont’d)	meant to disable authentication on a port. It is intended for ports that
	support ISLs and devices that cannot authenticate, such as printers
	and file servers. If a default policy is applied to the port via the Policy
	Profile MIB, then frames are forwarded according to the
	configuration set by that policy, otherwise frames are forwarded
	according to the current configuration for that port. Authentication
	using 802.1X is not possible on a port in this mode.
	• Forced Unauthenticated Mode: When a port is set to the Forced
	Unauthenticated Mode, all frames received on the port are discarded
	by a filter. Authentication using 802.1X is not possible on a port in
	this mode.
Initialize Port	Set to TRUE to initialize all state machines for this port. After
(Single Setting)	initialization, authentication can proceed normally on this port
	according to its control settings. This has the effect of kicking off any
	currently authorized user on the port and resetting the session
	information for a new login.
	You can only set this field to TRUE to initialize the port. Afterwards
	the field immediately reverts to FALSE.
Force Reauth	Set to TRUE to cause an immediate forced reauthentication for a user
(Single Setting)	who is currently logged on to the port. If the reauthentication fails, then
	the user is forced off the port. If there is no user on the port, a setting of
	TRUE of this variable has no effect. Setting this variable to FALSE has
	no effect.
Maximum Requests	Set the maximum number of times EAP request frames will be
(Modifiable)	transmitted to the supplicant before timeout. Default is 2; range is 1
	to 10.

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