System Protocol Setup - Main Setting

Label

 

Description

 

 

 

System Authentication section

Click on the drop-down list to enable or disable the 802.1x authentication function of the system. If you select “Disabled”, any setting in the Port Authentication section will not take effect.

Port Authentication section – Main Setting

 

 

 

 

Select the line bridge port range to be listed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Select Port

 

 

Remember to select the checkbox when you want to modify/delete the

 

 

 

setting of a bridge port or set a bridge port to its default value.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF/ON: disable/enable 802.1x authentication function for the bridge

 

Enable

 

 

port. When 802.1x is disabled, the system allows bidirectional normal

 

 

 

 

traffic in this port in spite of its authentication state. Default is OFF.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF: notify RADIUS server to stop accounting for this port.

 

Accounting Control

 

ON: notify RADIUS server to start accounting for this port.

 

 

 

 

Default is OFF.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounting Interval

 

Type in the interval (300 ~ 600 sec) between accounting information

 

 

updates. Default is 300 sec.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Force-unAuth: cause the port to stay in the unauthorized state, ignoring

 

 

 

 

all attempts by the client to authenticate.

 

Port Control

 

 

Force-Auth: disable 802.1X authentication and cause the port to

 

 

 

transition to the authorized state without any authentication exchange

 

 

 

 

required.

 

 

 

 

Auto: enable 802.1x authentication and cause the port to begin the

 

 

 

 

authentication process from unauthorized state.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Max

Request

 

Type in the number of times our system will send authentication requests

 

 

to Supplicant if no response from the Supplicant is received. Default value

 

Authenication

 

 

 

 

 

is 2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OFF: disable re-authentication after a period of time

 

ReAuthentication Control

 

ON: enable re-authentication after a period of time

 

 

 

 

Default is OFF.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Max Request

 

 

Type in the number of times our system will send authentication

 

 

 

 

 

 

ReAuthentication

 

 

requests to the authentication server (RADIUS) if no response from the

 

 

 

server is received. Default value is 2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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