Chapter 18 Port Authentication

 

Table 42

Advanced Application > Port Authentication > 802.1x (continued)

 

LABEL

 

DESCRIPTION

 

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 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 88 Advanced Application > Port Authentication > MAC Authentication

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 43 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.

 

 

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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