Configuring Device Security
Defining 802.1X
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• Reauthentication Period — Specifies the number of seconds in which the
selected port is reauthenticated (Range: 300-4294967295). The field default is
3600 seconds.
• Authenticator State — Specifies the port authorization state. The possible field
values are as follows:
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ForceAuthorized
— Indicates the controlled port state is set to Force-
Authorized (forward traffic).
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ForceUnauthorized
— Indicates the controlled port state is set to Force-
Unauthorized (discard traffic).
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Initialize
— Enables port-based authentication on the device. The
interface moves between an authorized or unauthorized state based on
the authentication exchange between the device and the client.
• Quiet Period — Specifies the number of seconds that the switch remains in the
quiet state following a failed authentication exchange (Range: 0-65535).
• Resending EAP — Specifies the number of seconds that the switch waits for a
response to an EAP - request/identity frame, from the supplicant (client), before
resending the request.
• Max EAP Requests — Indicates the total amount of EAP requests sent. If a
response is not received after the defined period, the authentication process is
restarted. The field default is 2 retries.
• Supplicant Timeout — Displays the number of seconds that lapses before EAP
requests are resent to the supplicant (Range: 1-65535). The field default is 30
seconds.
• Server Timeout — Specifies the number of seconds that lapses before the
switch resends a request to the authentication server (Range: 1-65535). The
field default is 30 seconds.
• Termination Cause — Indicates the reason for which the port authentication
was terminated.
STEP 2 Define the relevant fields.
STEP 3 Click Apply. The 802.1X port authentication settings are defined, and the device is
updated.
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