
DES-3550 Layer 2
Fast Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
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Port
The port number.
MAC Address
Displays the physical address of the Switch where the port resides.
Auth State
The Authenticator State will display one of the following:
Initialize
,
Disconnected
,
Connecting
,
Authenticating
,
Authenticated
,
Aborting
,
Held
,
ForceAuth
, ForceUnauth, and
N/A
.
BackendState
The Backend State will display one of the following:
Request
,
Response
,
Success
,
Fail
,
Timeout
,
Idle
,
Initialize,
and
N/A.
OpenDIr
Operational Controlled Directions are
both
and
in
.
PortStatus
The status of the controlled port can be
authorized
,
unauthorized
, or
N/A
.
RADIUS Server
The RADIUS feature of the Switch allows you to facilitate centralized user administration as
well as providing protection against a sniffing, active hacker. The Web Manager offers three
windows.
Click the
Radius Server folder
on the
Configuration
menu, and then click the
Authentic
Radius Server
link to open the
Authentic Radius Server Setting
window:
Figure 6- 63. Authentic Radius Server Setting and Current Radius Server(s) Settings Table window
This window displays the following information:
Parameter Description