Honeywell 7900 manual Field Properties Protocol Tab Description

Field

Properties

Protocol Tab

Description

Tap this button to review the properties of a network selected in the list. This button opens the same network configuration screen as the Add button does; use it to edit network configuration properties.

The Protocol tab enables you to configure parameters that will apply to all the networks the selected port connects to.

Field

Protocol

Settings

Display EAP notifications

Renew IP address

Description

These are the timer intervals and retry settings defined in the 802.1X standard. They determine how long the supplicant state machine will wait in a given state. These parameters shouldn’t be modified without an understanding of the supplicant state machine. For more information about the supplicant state machine, obtain its 802.1X protocol specification.

The parameters are:

•Authentication Timeout - The period of time the Client remains in the authenticating or acquired state without receiving a response from the AP or switch.

•Held Timeout - The period of time the Client remains in the held state after failing authentication.

•Start Timeout - The period of time the Client remains in the connecting state before restarting when there is no response.

•Number of Start Attempts - The number of times the Client restarts before giving up. At that point, the Client then defaults to the authenticated state, but there will be no network connectivity because the protocol exchange was never completed.

This option specifies that the EAPOL notification message will be displayed to the user. An authenticator may use such notification to inform you, for example, about a near password expiration. However, some authenticators send chatty and annoying notifications that may, for the convenience of the user, be suppressed. Note that all notifications are written to the event log even if they are not displayed.

Select this option to initiate a DHCP request to obtain a dynamic IP address after a successful authentication, but only if the client detects that the connected network (the SSID) has changed. The result is that renewal should not occur upon re-authentication, but does occur at boot or when connecting to a different network. If you have a slow authenticator, you may wish to enable this option when configuring the service because a slow authenticator may prevent you from getting a DHCP-assigned IP address upon boot-up. This option is ignored if the given adapter has a static IP address.

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