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MapName Events.edb Details of the events that have occurred against this map.

For example, if you choose to save a map with the name Corporate Core, the following three files will be created:

■Corporate Core.map

■Corporate Core.properties

■Corporate Core Events.edb

All three files are saved to the location that you specify when you save the map.

Should you wish to move a saved map from one location to another, it is important that you move all three files, otherwise you will lose information related to the map.

Network Login Network Login is a 3Com feature allowing you to control network access to end stations via 3Com switches. This feature combines the IEEE 802.1X protocol for port control and RADIUS for authentication. IEEE 802.1X specifies how to have ports on an access point (e.g. a 3Com switch) restrict access to a connected end station.

When an end station attempts to first access the network, via a port on a suitably configured 3Com switch, the switch informs the end station that it is a restricted port. The end station operating system should send the authorization credentials of username and password to the switch, which then asks its configured RADIUS server to verify. If the RADIUS server verifies the credentials the port (and hence end station) is given access to the network.