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authentication server cannot be reached, the switch can retransmit the request. If no response is received from the server after the specified number of attempts, authentication fails, and network access is not granted.

When a client logs off, it sends an EAPOL-logoff message, causing the switch port to transition to the unauthorized state.

If the link state of a port transitions from up to down, or if an EAPOL-logoff frame is received, the port returns to the unauthorized state.

System Configuration

802.1x makes use of the physical access characteristics of IEEE802 LAN infrastructures in order to provide a means of authenticating and authorizing devices attached to a LAN port that has point-to-point connection characteristics, and of preventing access to that port in cases in which the authentication and authorization process fails.

To enable 802.1x, from System \ System Information \ Misc Config then you still to fill in the authentication server information:

Figure 88: System information \ Misc Configuration\ 802.1x Protocol

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