LevelOne ProCon GSW-1290, User Manual

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LevelOne GSW-1290 Gigabit Layer2 SNMP Switch
Port Access Entity
The Switch is an implementation of the server side of IEEE 802.1X-Port Based Network Access Control.
Through this mechanism, users have to be authorized before being able to access the network. See the
following figure:
Figure 4- 45. Typical 802.1X Configuration Prior to User Authentication
Once the user is authenticated, the Switch unblocks the port that is connected to the user as shown in the
next figure.
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