all – Specifies all of the ports on the Switch.
default – Returns all of the ports in the specified range to their
802.1x default settings.
port_control – Configures the administrative control over the
authentication process for the range of ports. The options are:
force_auth – Forces the Authenticator for the port to
become authorized. Network access is allowed.
auto – Allows the port’s status to reflect the outcome of the
authentication process.
force_unauth – Forces the Authenticator for the port to
become unauthorized. Network access is blocked.
quiet_period <sec 0-65535> – Configures the time interval between
authentication failure and the start of a new authentication attempt.
tx_period <sec 1-65535> - Configures the time to wait for a
response from a supplicant (user) to send EAP Request/Identity
packets.
supp_timeout <sec 1-65535> - Configures the time to wait for a
response from a supplicant (user) for all EAP packets, except for the
Request/Identity packets.
server_timeout <sec 1-65535> - Configures the length of time to wait
for a response from a RADIUS server.
max_req <value 1-10> – Configures the number of times to retry
sending packets to a supplicant (user).
reauth_period <sec 300-4294967295> – Configures the time interval
between Success.ive re-authentications.
enable_reauth [enable | disable] – Determines whether or not the
Switch will re-authenticate. Enabled causes re-authentication of
users at the time interval specified in the Re-authentication Period
field, above.
direction [both | in] –Sets the administrative-controlled direction to
Both. If Both is selected, control is exerted over both incoming and
outgoing traffic through the controlled port selected in the first field.
The In option is not supported in the present firmware release.
To configure 802.1x authentication parameters for ports 1 – 20: