Authenticator State Machine | SMC Networks SMC6824M manual

AUTHENTICATION COMMANDS

-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 from the Authentication Server.

•Reauthentication State Machine

-State– Current state (including initialize, reauthenticate).

Example

Console#show dot1x

Global 802.1X Parameters

system-auth-control: enable
802.1X Port Summary
Port Name	Status	Operation Mode	Mode	Authorized
1/1	disabled	Single-Host	ForceAuthorized	n/a
1/2	disabled	Single-Host	ForceAuthorized	n/a
.
.
.	disabled	Single-Host	ForceAuthorized	yes
1/25	disabled	Single-Host	ForceAuthorized	yes
1/26	enabled	Single-Host	Auto	yes

802.1X Port Details

802.1X is disabled on port 1

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SMC6824M specifications

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SMC Networks SMC6824M manual Authenticator State Machine

Models: SMC6824M