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Figure 212
EAPOL frame format
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PAE Ethernet type: Protocol type. It takes the value 0x888E.
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Protocol version: Version of the EAPOL protocol supported by the EAPOL frame
sender.
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Type: Type of the EAPOL frame. Table 57 shows the defined types of EAPOL
frames.
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Length: Length of the data, that is, length of the Packet body field, in bytes. If
the value of this field is 0, no subsequent data field is present.
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Packet body: Content of the packet. The format of this field varies with the
value of the Type field.
EAP Packet Format
An EAPOL frame of the type of EAP-Packet carries an EAP packet in its Packet
body field. The format of the EAP packet is shown in Figure 213.
Table 57
Types of EAPOL frames
Type Description
EAP-Packet (a value of 0x00)
Frame for carrying authentication information,
present between an authenticator system and
the authentication server.
A frame of this type is repackaged and
transferred by RADIUS to get through complex
networks to reach the authentication server.
EAPOL-Start (a value of 0x01)
Frame for initiating authentication, present
between a supplicant and an authenticator.
EAPOL-Logoff (a value of 0x02)
Frame for logoff request, present between a
supplicant and an authenticator.
EAPOL-Key (a value of 0x03)
Frame for carrying key information, present
between a supplicant and an authenticator.
EAPOL-Encapsulated-ASF-Alert (a value of
0x04)
Frame for carrying alerting information compliant
to Alert Standard Forum (ASF).
A frame of this type carries network
management-related information like warning
messages and is terminated at the authenticator.
0
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PAE Ethernet type
Packet body
Type
Protocol version
Length
7
2
4
6
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Summary of Contents for 4800G Series
Page 26: ...26 CHAPTER NETWORKING APPLICATIONS ...
Page 30: ...30 CHAPTER 1 LOGGING IN TO AN ETHERNET SWITCH ...
Page 62: ...62 CHAPTER 3 LOGGING IN THROUGH TELNET ...
Page 70: ...70 CHAPTER 5 LOGGING IN THROUGH WEB BASED NETWORK MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ...
Page 72: ...72 CHAPTER 6 LOGGING IN THROUGH NMS ...
Page 82: ...82 CHAPTER 8 CONTROLLING LOGIN USERS ...
Page 98: ...98 CHAPTER 9 VLAN CONFIGURATION ...
Page 108: ...108 CHAPTER 10 VOICE VLAN CONFIGURATION ...
Page 119: ...GVRP Configuration Examples 119 DeviceB display vlan dynamic No dynamic vlans exist ...
Page 120: ...120 CHAPTER 11 GVRP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 160: ...160 CHAPTER 17 PORT ISOLATION CONFIGURATION ...
Page 172: ...172 CHAPTER 19 LINK AGGREGATION CONFIGURATION ...
Page 196: ...196 CHAPTER 22 DLDP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 240: ...240 CHAPTER 23 MSTP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 272: ...272 CHAPTER 27 RIP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 364: ...364 CHAPTER 29 IS IS CONFIGURATION ...
Page 426: ...426 CHAPTER 31 ROUTING POLICY CONFIGURATION ...
Page 442: ...442 CHAPTER 33 IPV6 RIPNG CONFIGURATION ...
Page 466: ...466 CHAPTER 35 IPV6 IS IS CONFIGURATION ...
Page 488: ...488 CHAPTER 36 IPV6 BGP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 498: ...498 CHAPTER 37 ROUTING POLICY CONFIGURATION ...
Page 540: ...540 CHAPTER 40 TUNNELING CONFIGURATION ...
Page 552: ...552 CHAPTER 41 MULTICAST OVERVIEW ...
Page 604: ...604 CHAPTER 43 MLD SNOOPING CONFIGURATION ...
Page 628: ...628 CHAPTER 46 IGMP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 700: ...700 CHAPTER 48 MSDP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 812: ...812 CHAPTER 57 DHCP SERVER CONFIGURATION ...
Page 822: ...822 CHAPTER 58 DHCP RELAY AGENT CONFIGURATION ...
Page 834: ...834 CHAPTER 61 BOOTP CLIENT CONFIGURATION ...
Page 850: ...850 CHAPTER 63 IPV4 ACL CONFIGURATION ...
Page 856: ...856 CHAPTER 64 IPV6 ACL CONFIGURATION ...
Page 860: ...860 CHAPTER 65 QOS OVERVIEW ...
Page 868: ...868 CHAPTER 66 TRAFFIC CLASSIFICATION TP AND LR CONFIGURATION ...
Page 888: ...888 CHAPTER 69 PRIORITY MAPPING ...
Page 894: ...894 CHAPTER 71 TRAFFIC MIRRORING CONFIGURATION ...
Page 904: ...904 CHAPTER 72 PORT MIRRORING CONFIGURATION ...
Page 930: ...930 CHAPTER 74 UDP HELPER CONFIGURATION ...
Page 990: ...990 CHAPTER 79 FILE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT CONFIGURATION ...
Page 1000: ...1000 CHAPTER 80 FTP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 1020: ...1020 CHAPTER 82 INFORMATION CENTER CONFIGURATION ...
Page 1038: ...1038 CHAPTER 84 SYSTEM MAINTAINING AND DEBUGGING ...
Page 1046: ...1046 CHAPTER 85 DEVICE MANAGEMENT ...
Page 1129: ...SSH Client Configuration Examples 1129 SwitchB ...
Page 1130: ...1130 CHAPTER 88 SSH CONFIGURATION ...
Page 1160: ...1160 CHAPTER 90 RRPP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 1180: ...1180 CHAPTER 91 PORT SECURITY CONFIGURATION ...
Page 1192: ...1192 CHAPTER 92 LLDP CONFIGURATION ...
Page 1202: ...1202 CHAPTER 93 POE CONFIGURATION ...
Page 1218: ...1218 CHAPTER 96 HTTPS CONFIGURATION ...