User authentication, accounts, and addressing
802.1X authentication
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Reauthentication
Enable this option to force 802.1X clients to re-authenticate after the specified Period.
Period: Client stations must reauthenticate after this amount of time has passed since
their last reauthentication.
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Disabled: Client stations remain connected during re-authentication and client
traffic is blocked only when re-authentication fails.
Enabled: Client traffic is blocked during re-authentication and is only activated again
if authentication succeeds.
Configuring global 802.1X settings for wireless
users
Global 802.1X settings for wireless users connected to controlled APs are defined by
selecting Controlled APs >> Configuration > 802.1X.
Supplicant timeout
Specify the maximum length of time for the to wait for a client station to respond to an
EAPOL packet before resending it.
EAPOL (Extensible Authentication Protocol over LAN) is used for 802.1X port access
control. 802.1X can be used to authenticate at "network connect time" when using either
wired or wireless LAN adapters.
If client stations are configured to manually enter the 802.1X username or password or both,
increase the value of the timeout to 15 to 20 seconds.
Group key update
Enable this option to force updating of 802.1X group keys at the specified Key change
interval.
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