Chapter 18 Port Authentication

 

Table 44 Advanced Application > Port Authentication > 802.1x (continued)

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

Max-Req

Specify the number of times the Switch tries to authenticate client(s)

 

 

before sending unresponsive ports to the Guest VLAN.

 

 

This is set to 2 by default. That is, the Switch attempts to authenticate a

 

 

client twice. If the client does not respond to the first authentication

 

 

request, the Switch tries again. If the client still does not respond to the

 

 

second request, the Switch sends the client to the Guest VLAN. The

 

 

client needs to send a new request to be authenticated by the Switch

 

 

again.

 

 

 

 

Reauth

Specify if a subscriber has to periodically re-enter his or her username

 

 

and password to stay connected to the port.

 

 

 

 

Reauth-period

Specify the length of time required to pass before a client has to re-enter

 

 

his or her username and password to stay connected to the port.

 

 

 

 

Quiet-period

Specify the number of seconds the port remains in the HELD state and

 

 

rejects further authentication requests from the connected client after a

 

 

failed authentication exchange.

 

 

 

 

Tx-period

Specify the number of seconds the Switch waits for client’s response

 

 

before re-sending an identity request to the client.

 

 

 

 

Supp-Timeout

Specify the number of seconds the Switch waits for client’s response to a

 

 

challenge request before sending another request.

 

 

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes to the Switch’s run-time memory. The

 

 

Switch loses these changes if it is turned off or loses power, so use the

 

 

Save link on the top navigation panel to save your changes to the non-

 

 

volatile memory when you are done configuring.

 

 

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

 

18.2.2 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

 

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