Aruba Networks AirOS v2.3, User Manual

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112 Aruba AirOS Part 0500036-02
v2.3 User Guide January 2005
Parameters Description Type of value Operation
Default Role Enter the default role to be the
role that the user gets if both
machine and user
authentication succeeds. The
default value is guest. If
derivation rules are present,
the roles assigned to the user
through these rules will take
precedence over the default
role.
Default role: guest .
Pull down
menu of roles
configured. Select the role from the
menu that will be the
802.1x default role.
Enable
Authentication To select 802.1x as an
authentication method this
field need to be checked.
Default: Unchecked
Checkbox Select this box
Enable Re-
authentication When set this will force the
client to do a 802.1x re-
authentication after the expiry
of the default timer for re-
authentication. The default
value of the timer is 24 hours.
If the user fails to re-
authenticate will valid
credentials, the state of the
user is cleared.
Default:
Unchecked
Checkbox Select this box only if
re-authentication needs
to be enabled. The re-
authentication timer can
also be modified if
required as explained in
Advanced
Configuration option
of 802.1x.
Enable Machine
Authentication This field needs to be selected
to enable machine
authentication in addition to
user authentication.
Default:
Unchecked.
Checkbox Select this box to enable
machine authentication