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Chapter 12
| Security Measures
Configuring 802.1X Port Authentication
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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 149 ) and mapped on each port (See “Configuring Network Access
for Ports” on page 261 ).
Supplicant List
◆ Supplicant – MAC address of authorized client.
Authenticator PAE State Machine
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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).
Web Interface
To configure port authenticator settings for 802.1X:
1.
Click Security, Port Authentication.
2.
Select Configure Interface from the Step list.
3.
Modify the authentication settings for each port as required.
4.
Click Apply