Chapter 19 802.1x

Table 37 Port Settings (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Admin Control

This field displays the Admin Control Direction.

Direction

Both will drop incoming and outgoing packets on the port when a user

 

 

has not passed 802.1x port authentication.

 

In will drop only incoming packets on the port when a user has not

 

passed 802.1x port authentication.

 

 

Reauthenticati

This field displays if the subscriber must periodically re-enter his or her

on

username and password to stay connected to the port.

 

 

Port Control

This field displays the port control mode.

Mode

Auto requires authentication on the port.

 

 

Force Authorized forces the port to be authorized.

 

Force Unauthorized forces the port to be unauthorized. No packets can

 

pass through the port.

 

 

Guest VLAN

This field displays the Guest VLAN setting for hosts that have not passed

 

authentication. None or 1.

 

 

Max-req Time

This field displays the amount of times the Switch will try to connect to

 

the authentication server before determining the server is down.

 

 

Reauth period

This field displays how often a client has to re-enter his or her username

 

and password to stay connected to the port.

 

 

Quiet period

This field displays the period of the time the client has to wait before the

 

next reauthentication attempt.

 

 

Supp timeout

This field displays how long the Switch will wait before communicating

 

with the client.

 

 

Server timeout

This field displays how long the Switch will wait before communicating

 

with the server.

 

 

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