GS716Tv2 and GS724Tv3 Software Administration Manual
5-26 Managing Device Security
v1.0, July 2009
Table  5-18. Port Authentication Port Configuration Fields 
Field Description
Port Selects the Port to configure. 
Port Control  Defines the port authorization state. The control mode is only set if the 
link status of the port is link up. The possible field values are:
• Auto: Automatically detects the mode of the interface.
• Authorized: Places the interface into an authorized state without 
being authenticated. The interface sends and receives normal traffic 
without client port-based authentication.
• Unauthorized: Denies the selected interface system access by 
moving the interface into unauthorized state. The switch cannot 
provide authentication services to the client through the interface.
Guest VLAN ID This field allows the user to configure the Guest VLAN ID on the 
interface. The valid range is 0–4093.The default value is 0. Enter 0 to 
reset the Guest VLAN ID on the interface.
Guest VLAN Period This input field allows the user to enter the Guest VLAN period for the 
selected port. The Guest VLAN period is the value, in seconds, of the 
timer used by the Guest VLAN Authentication. The Guest VLAN 
timeout must be a value in the range of 1–300. The default value is 90.
Periodic Reauthentication Use this field to enable or disable reauthentication of the supplicant for 
the specified port. Selectable values are Enable and Disable. If the 
value is Enable, reauthentication will occur. Otherwise, 
reauthentication will not be allowed. The default value is Disable. 
Changing the selection will not change the configuration until the Apply 
button is pressed.
Reauthentication Period 
(secs)
Indicates the time span in which the selected port is reauthenticated. 
The field value is in seconds. The range is 1–65535, and the field 
default is 3600 seconds.
Quiet Period (secs) Defines the amount of time that the switch remains in the quiet state 
following a failed authentication exchange. The possible field range is 
0–65535. The field value is in seconds. The field default is 60 seconds.
Resending EAP This input field allows you to configure the transmit period for the 
selected port. The transmit period is the value, in seconds, of the timer 
used by the authenticator state machine on the specified port to 
determine when to send an EAPOL EAP Request/Identify frame to the 
supplicant. The transmit period must be a number in the range of 1–
65535. The default value is 30. Changing the value will not change the 
configuration until you click the Apply button.