NETGEAR FSM726 - ProSafe Managed Switch, Setup Manual

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700 Series Software Manual v2.1
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Figure 5-27: Port-Based Authentication
802.1x port-based authentication provides RADIUS client authentication and data encryption
features (see
Appendix C, “802.1x Port-Based Authentication Overview” ). If you have a RADIUS
server on your network, you can have authentication of port access done through the RADIUS
server. This does affect traffic passing through the switch, which can be helpful in securing your
network from wireless eavesdropping when a wireless access point is connected to the switch. To
enable 802.1x, provide the IP address of the RADIUS server, and the shared secret authentication
key. The re-authentication timer determines how frequently the session will refresh the data
encryption with a new key.
Advanced > Advanced Security > Trusted MAC Address Table
This page shows all of the trusted MAC addresses you can set to allow the switch to forward traffic
from. The maximum number of trusted MAC addresses is 128 per port and 1024 per system. Any
traffic from MAC addresses that are not included in the trusted MAC address table will be
dropped. There are three functions, which allow you to Add, Remove, or Query entries from the
Trusted MAC Address Table.