HP MSR SERIES, Configuration Manual

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Table 44 Configuration items
Item Description
Port Mode
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userlogin-secure —Perform port-based 802.1X authentication for access
users. In this mode, multiple 802.1X authenticated users can access the
port, but only one user can be online.
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userlogin-secure-ext —Perform MAC-based 802.1X authentication for
access users. In this mode, the port supports multiple 802.1X users.
Max User
Control the maximum number of users allowed to access the network through
the port.
Mandatory Domain
Select an existing domain from the list.
The default domain is
system . To create a domain, select Authentication >
AAA from the navigation tree, click the Domain Setup tab, and type a new
domain name in the Domain Name combo box.
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The selected domain name applies to only the current wireless service,
and all clients accessing the wireless service use this domain for
authentication, authorization, and accounting.
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Do not delete a domain name in use. Otherwise, the clients that access the
wireless service will be logged out.
Authentication Method
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EAP —Use EAP. With EAP authentication, the authenticator encapsulates
802.1X user information in the EAP attributes of RADIUS packets and
sends the packets to the RADIUS server for authentication; it does not need
to repackage the EAP packets into standard RADIUS packets for
authentication.
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CHAP —Use CHAP. By default, CHAP is used. CHAP transmits only user
names rather than passwords over the network. Therefore this method is
safer.
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PAP —Use PAP. PAP transmits passwords in plain text.
Handshake
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Enable —Enable the online user handshake function so that the device can
periodically send handshake messages to a user to check whether the user
is online. By default, the function is enabled.
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Disable —Disable the online user handshake function.
Multicast Trigger
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Enable —Enable the multicast trigger function of 802.1X to send multicast
trigger messages to the clients periodically for initiating authentication. By
default, the multicast trigger function is enabled.
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Disable —Disable the 802.1X multicast trigger function.
IMPORTANT:
For a WLAN, the clients can actively initiate authentication, or the AP can
discover users and trigger authentication. Therefore, the ports do not need to
send 802.1X multicast trigger messages periodically for initiating
authentication. HP recommends that you disable the multicast trigger function in
a WLAN because the multicast trigger messages consume bandwidth.
5. Configure the other four port security modes: