Chapter 10 802.1x

10.2 802.1x Global Configuration Screen

Use this screen to enable port authentication and a guest VLAN on the MES-2110.

Click Configuration > 802.1x > Global Configuration in the navigation panel to display the screen as shown.

Figure 32 Configuration > Global Configuration

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 15 Configuration > Global Configuration

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

802.1x

Select Enable to activate the port authentication method on the

 

MES-2110. Otherwise, select Disable.

 

 

Reauth-Max

Specify the number of times the MES-2110tries to authenticate client(s)

 

before sending unresponsive ports to the Guest VLAN.

 

This is set to 2 by default. That is, the MES-2110 attempts to

 

authenticate a client twice. If the client does not respond to the

 

first authentication request, the MES-2110 tries again. If the client

 

still does not respond to the second request, the MES-2110 sends

 

the client to the Guest VLAN. The client needs to send a new

 

request to be authenticated by the MES-2110 again.

 

 

Guest VLAN

Select Enable then enter the number that identifies the Guest VLAN.

 

Make sure this is the Guest VLAN recognized in your network.

 

Clients belonging to the guest VLAN can access unprotected areas in your

 

network, such as the Internet.

 

Select Disable if you do not want to use this feature.

 

 

Undo

Click this to restore your last saved settings.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes to the MES-2110’s run-time memory.

 

The MES-2110 loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so

 

use the Save Settings link in the navigation panel to save your changes

 

to the non-volatile memory when you are done configuring.

 

 

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