AT-S63 Management Software Features Guide
Section VIII: Port Security
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Authenticator Ports with Single and Multiple Supplicants
An authenticator port has two operating modes. The modes relate to the
number of clients using the port and, in situations where an authenticator
port is supporting more than one client, whether just one client or all the
clients must log on to use the switch port.
The operating modes are:
Single
Multiple
Single Operating
Mode
The Single operating mode is used in two situations. The first is when an
authenticator port supports only one client. In this scenario, the switch
allows only one client to log on and use the port.
You can also use the Single mode when an authenticator port supports
more than one client, but where only one client needs to log on in order for
all clients to use the port. This configuration can be useful in situations
where you want to add 802.1x Port-based Network Access Control to a
switch port that is supporting multiple clients, but want to avoid having to
create individual accounts for all the clients on the RADIUS server.
This is referred to as “piggy-backing.” After one client has successfully
logged, the port permits the other clients to piggy-back onto the initial
client’s log on, allowing all clients to forward packets through the port.
To implement this configuration, you have to set the operating mode of an
authenticator port to Single and also toggle the piggy-back mode feature.
When piggy-back is disabled, only one client is allowed to log on and use
the port. When this feature is enabled, an unlimited number of clients can
use the port after one client has successfully logged on.
Note, however, that should the client who accomplished the initial log on
fail to periodically reauthenticate or log out, the switch port reverts to the
unauthenticated state. It bars all further traffic to and from all the clients on
the port, until the initial client or another client logs on.
Here are several examples that illustrate the Single operating mode and
the piggy-back mode of an authenticator port. In Figure 41 on page 388,
an authenticator port on a switch, in this case port 6, is connected to a
single client. The authenticator port’s operating mode is set to Single and
the piggy-back feature is disabled so that only one client can use the port
at any one time.
Summary of Contents for AT-S63
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Page 28: ...28 Section I Basic Operations ...
Page 58: ...Chapter 1 Overview 58 ...
Page 76: ...Chapter 2 AT 9400Ts Stacks 76 Section I Basic Operations ...
Page 96: ...Chapter 5 MAC Address Table 96 Section I Basic Operations ...
Page 114: ...Chapter 8 Port Mirror 114 Section I Basic Operations ...
Page 116: ...116 Section II Advanced Operations ...
Page 146: ...Chapter 12 Access Control Lists 146 Section II Advanced Operations ...
Page 176: ...Chapter 14 Quality of Service 176 Section II Advanced Operations ...
Page 196: ...196 Section III Snooping Protocols ...
Page 204: ...Chapter 18 Multicast Listener Discovery Snooping 204 Section III Snooping Protocols ...
Page 216: ...Chapter 20 Ethernet Protection Switching Ring Snooping 216 Section III Snooping Protocols ...
Page 218: ...218 Section IV SNMPv3 ...
Page 234: ...234 Section V Spanning Tree Protocols ...
Page 268: ...268 Section VI Virtual LANs ...
Page 306: ...Chapter 27 Protected Ports VLANs 306 Section VI Virtual LANs ...
Page 320: ...320 Section VII Internet Protocol Routing ...
Page 360: ...Chapter 30 BOOTP Relay Agent 360 Section VII Routing ...
Page 370: ...Chapter 31 Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol 370 Section VII Routing ...
Page 372: ...372 Section VIII Port Security ...
Page 402: ...Chapter 33 802 1x Port based Network Access Control 402 Section VIII Port Security ...
Page 404: ...404 Section IX Management Security ...
Page 436: ...Chapter 36 PKI Certificates and SSL 436 Section IX Management Security ...
Page 454: ...Chapter 38 TACACS and RADIUS Protocols 454 Section IX Management Security ...
Page 462: ...Chapter 39 Management Access Control List 462 Section IX Management Security ...
Page 532: ...Appendix D MIB Objects 532 ...