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Configuring 802.1X Port Authentication
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Re-authentication Period – Sets the time period after which a
connected client must be re-authenticated. (Range: 1-65535 seconds;
Default: 3600 seconds)
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Re-authentication Max Retries – The maximum number of times the
switch port will retransmit an EAP request/identity packet to the client
before it times out the authentication session. (Range: 1-10;
Default: 2)
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Intrusion Action – Sets the port’s response to a failed authentication.
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Block Traffic – Blocks all non-EAP traffic on the port. (This is the
default setting.)
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Guest VLAN – All traffic for the port is assigned to a guest VLAN.
The guest VLAN must be separately configured (See "Configuring
VLAN Groups" on page 202 ) and mapped on each port (See
"Configuring Network Access for Ports" on page 334 ).
Supplicant List
◆ Supplicant – MAC address of authorized client.
Authenticator PAE State Machine
◆ State – Current state (including initialize, disconnected, connecting,
authenticating, authenticated, aborting, held, force_authorized,
force_unauthorized).
◆ Reauth Count – Number of times connecting state is re-entered.
◆ Current Identifier – Identifier sent in each EAP Success, Failure or
Request packet by the Authentication Server.
Backend State Machine
◆ State – Current state (including request, response, success, fail,
timeout, idle, initialize).
◆ Request Count – Number of EAP Request packets sent to the
Supplicant without receiving a response.
◆ Identifier (Server) – Identifier carried in the most recent EAP
Success, Failure or Request packet received from the Authentication
Server.
Reauthentication State Machine
◆ State – Current state (including initialize, reauthenticate).