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Configuring 802.1X Port Authentication
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◆ Re-authentication Period – Sets the time period after which a
connected client must be re-authenticated. (Range: 1-65535 seconds;
Default: 3600 seconds)
◆ Re-authentication Max Retries – The maximum number of times the
switch port will retransmit an EAP request/identity packet to the client
before it times out the authentication session. (Range: 1-10;
Default: 2)
◆ Intrusion Action – Sets the port’s response to a failed authentication.
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Block Traffic – Blocks all non-EAP traffic on the port. (This is the
default setting.)
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Guest VLAN – All traffic for the port is assigned to a guest VLAN.
The guest VLAN must be separately configured (See "Configuring
VLAN Groups" on page 198) and mapped on each port (See
"Configuring Network Access for Ports" on page 331).
Supplicant List
◆ Supplicant – MAC address of authorized client.
Authenticator PAE State Machine
◆ State – Current state (including initialize, disconnected, connecting,
authenticating, authenticated, aborting, held, force_authorized,
force_unauthorized).
◆ Reauth Count – Number of times connecting state is re-entered.
◆ Current Identifier – Identifier sent in each EAP Success, Failure or
Request packet by the Authentication Server.
Backend State Machine
◆ State – Current state (including request, response, success, fail,
timeout, idle, initialize).
◆ Request Count – Number of EAP Request packets sent to the
Supplicant without receiving a response.
◆ Identifier (Server) – Identifier carried in the most recent EAP
Success, Failure or Request packet received from the Authentication
Server.
Reauthentication State Machine
◆ State – Current state (including initialize, reauthenticate).
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