Chapter 18 Port Authentication
18.2.3 Activate MAC Authentication
Use this screen to activate MAC authentication. In the Port Authentication screen click MAC Authentication to display the configuration screen as shown.
Figure 84 Advanced Application > Port Authentication > MAC Authentication
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 46 Advanced Application > Port Authentication > MAC Authentication
LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
Active | Select this check box to permit MAC authentication on the Switch. |
| Note: You must first enable MAC authentication on the Switch |
| before configuring it on each port. |
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Name Prefix | Type the prefix that is appended to all MAC addresses sent to the |
| RADIUS server for authentication. You can enter up to 32 printable ASCII |
| characters. |
| If you leave this field blank, then only the MAC address of the client is |
| forwarded to the RADIUS server. |
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Password | Type the password the Switch sends along with the MAC address of a |
| client for authentication with the RADIUS server. You can enter up to 32 |
| printable ASCII characters. |
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