Configuring the switch 137
802.1x Port Configuration
To display the following form, go to the Switch Ports 802.1x Configuration form. Select a port number.
The following table describes the Port 802.1x Configuration controls:
Table 106 Port 802.1x Configuration controls
Control Description
Auth Mode Sets the type of access control for all ports:
• force-unauth - the port is unauthorized unconditionally.
• auto - the port is unauthorized until it is successfully authorized by the
RADIUS server.
• force-auth - the port is authorized unconditionally, allowing all traffic.
The default value is force-auth.
Quiet Period (0-65535 sec) Sets the time, in seconds, the authenticator waits before transmitting an EAP-
Request/ Identity frame to the supplicant (client) after an authentication failure in the
previous round of authentication. The default value is 60 seconds.
Tx Period (0-65535 sec) Sets the time, in seconds, the authenticator waits for an EAP-Response/Identity
frame from the supplicant (client) before retransmitting an EAP-Request/Identity
frame. The default value is 30 seconds.
Max Req (1-10) Sets the maximum number of times the authenticator retransmits an EAP-Request
packet to the supplicant (client). The default value is 2.
Supplicant Timeout (0-65535 sec) Sets the time, in seconds, the authenticator waits for an EAP-Response packet from
the supplicant (client) before retransmitting the EAP-Request packet to the
authentication server. The default value is 30 seconds.
Server Timeout (0-65535 sec) Sets the time, in seconds, the authenticator waits for a response from the Radius
server before declaring an authentication timeout. The default value is 30 seconds.
The time interval between transmissions of the RADIUS Access-Request packet
containing the supplicant’s (client’s) EAP-Response packet is determined by the
current setting of
/cfg/sys/radius/timeout (default is 3 seconds).
ReAuth Status Sets the re-authentication status to on or off. The default value is off.
ReAuth Period (1-604800 sec) Sets the time, in seconds, the authenticator waits before re-authenticating a
supplicant (client) when periodic re-authentication is enabled. The default value is
3600 seconds.
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