FS728TP Smart Switch Software Administration Manual
Managing Security 6-13
v1.1, September 2009
– Enable – Enables using a Guest VLAN for unauthorized ports. If a Guest VLAN is
enabled, the unauthorized port automatically joins the VLAN selected in the VLAN
List field.
•Guest VLAN ID – Select the guest VLAN ID from the list of currently defined VLANs.
•EAPOL Handling – Select the method of handling EAPOL (Extensible Authentication
Protocol Over LAN) packets when 802.1x authentication is disabled. The possible field
values are:
– Filtering – Indicates EAPOL packets are filte r ed.
– Flooding – Indicates EAPOL packets are flooded to all ports.
2. Select Disable or Enable for the Port Based Authentication State in the provided field.
3. If you selected Enable for the Port Based Authentication State, then select the
Authentication Method from the list in the provided field.
4. Select Disable or Enable for the Guest VLAN status in the provided field.
5. If you selected Enable for the Guest VLAN field, then select the VLAN ID from the list in the
provided field.
6. If you selected Disable for the Port Based Authentication State, select the EAPOL
Handling mode in the provided field.
7. Click APPLY to update the device.
Port Authentication
The Port Authentication screen enables configuring port authentication interface parameters.
To configure port-based authentication global properties:
1. Click Security > Port Authentication > Advanced > Port Authentication. The Port
Authentication screen displays
The Port Authentication screen contains the following fields:
•Interface – Displays the interfaces.
•User Name – Displays the supplicant (client) user name, once the user is authenticated.
•Port Control – Sele ct the port authorization state.
– Auto – Indicates the port control is set to Auto and a single client has been
authenticated via the port.