SMC Networks SMC6752AL2 manual Authenticator State Machine

		AUTHENTICATION COMMANDS
- tx-period	–	Time a port waits during authentication
		session before re-transmitting EAP packet
		(page 4-113).
- supplicant-timeout	–	Supplicant timeout.
- server-timeout	–	Server timeout.
- reauth-max	–	Maximum number of reauthentication
		attempts.
- max-req	–	Maximum number of times a port will
		retransmit an EAP request/identity packet
		to the client before it times out the
		authentication session (page 4-109).
- Status	–	Authorization status (authorized or not).
- Operation Mode	–	Shows if single or multiple hosts (clients)
		can connect to an 802.1X-authorized port.
- Max Count	– The maximum number of hosts allowed to
		access this port (page 4-110).
- Port-control	–	Shows the dot1x mode on a port as auto,
		force-authorized, or force-unauthorized
		(page 4-109).
- Supplicant	–	MAC address of authorized client.
- Current Identifier	–	The integer (0-255) used by the
		Authenticator to identify the current
		authentication session.

•Authenticator State Machine

- State	– Current state (including initialize, disconnected,
	connecting, authenticating, authenticated,
	aborting, held, force_authorized,
	force_unauthorized).

-Reauth Count – Number of times connecting state is re-entered.

•Backend State Machine

- State	– Current state (including request, response,
	success, fail, timeout, idle, initialize).
- Request Count	– Number of EAP Request packets sent to the
	Supplicant without receiving a response.

-Identifier(Server) – Identifier carried in the most recent EAP Success, Failure or Request packet received

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