System Configuration
•MAC Authentication Table: Displays current entries in the local MAC database.
802.1x Setup – IEEE 802.1x is a standard framework for network access control that uses a central RADIUS server for user authentication. This control feature prevents unauthorized access to the network by requiring an 802.1x client application to submit user credentials for authentication. The 802.1x standard uses the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) to pass user credentials (either digital certificates, user names and passwords, or other) from the client to the RADIUS server. Client authentication is then verified on the RADIUS server before the access point grants client access to the network.
The 802.1x EAP packets are also used to pass dynamic unicast session keys and static broadcast keys to wireless clients. Session keys are unique to each client and are used to encrypt and correlate traffic passing between a specific client and the access point. You can also enable broadcast key rotation, so the access point provides a dynamic broadcast key and changes it at a specified interval.
You can enable 802.1x as optionally supported or as required to enhance the security of the wireless network.
•Disable: The access point does not support 802.1x authentication for any wireless client. After successful wireless association with the access point, each client is allowed to access the network.
•Supported: The access point supports 802.1x authentication only for clients initiating the 802.1x authentication process (i.e., the access point does not initiate 802.1x authentication). For clients initiating 802.1x, only those successfully authenticated are allowed to access the network. For those clients not initiating 802.1x, access to the network is allowed after successful wireless association with the access point.
•Required: The access point enforces 802.1x authentication for
