DES-3226L Layer 2
Fast Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
Figure 6-30. Typical Configuration with 802.1x Fully Implemented
State Machine Name
Port Timers state machine
Authenticator PAE state machine
The Authenticator Key Transmit state machine
Reauthentication Timer state machine
Backend Authentication state machine
Controlled Directions state machine
The Key Receive state machine
Table 6-2. Conformance to IEEE 802.1x Standards
The DES-3226L implements the server-side of the
IEEE 802.1x Port-based Network Access
Control
. This mechanism is intended to allow only authorized users, or other network
devices, access to network resources by establishing criteria for each port on the Switch that a
user or network device must meet before allowing that port to forward or receive frames.
IEEE 802.1x operation must be enabled on the switch before it will function. This is done
using the
802.1x State
window. 802.1x settings can be configured before being enabled on the
switch.
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