Chapter 19 Configuration: VLAN

19.3 Guest VLAN

When 802.1x port authentication is enabled on the Switch and its ports, clients that do not have the correct credentials are blocked from using the port(s). You can configure your Switch to have one VLAN that acts as a guest VLAN. If you enable the guest VLAN (102 in the example) on a port (2 in the example), the user (A in the example) that is not IEEE 802.1x capable or fails to enter the correct username and password can still access the port, but traffic from the user is forwarded to the guest VLAN. That is, unauthenticated users can have access to limited network resources in the same guest VLAN, such as the Internet. The rights granted to the Guest VLAN depends on how the network administrator configures switches or routers with the guest network feature.

Figure 91 Guest VLAN ExampleUse this screen to view and configure guest VLAN settings.

19.3.1 The Global Screen

Use this screen to configure the global Guest VLAN settings. Click Configuration > VLAN > Guest VLAN to open this screen.

Figure 92 Configuration > VLAN > Guest VLAN > Global

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 74 Configuration > VLAN > Guest VLAN > Global

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Global

 

 

 

State

Select to enable the global Guest VLAN feature.

 

 

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