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Configuring 802.1x
802.1x Configuration
Note:
If a port is in an LAG, its 802.1x authentication function cannot be enabled. Also, a port with 802.1x
authentication enabled cannot be added to any LAG.
2.1.4 View the Authenticator State
Choose the menu
SECURITY > 802.1x > Authenticator State
to load the following page.
Figure 2-8
View Authenticator State
On this page, you can view the authentication status of each port:
Port
Displays the port number.
MAC Address
Displays the MAC address of the authenticated device. When the port method is Port
Based, the MAC address of the first authenticated device wil be displayed with a suffix
“p”.
PAE State
Displays the current state of the authenticator PAE state machine. Possible values are:
Initialize, Disconnected, Connecting, Authenticating, Authenticated, Aborting, Held,
ForceAuthorized and ForceUnauthorized.
Backend State
Displays the current state of the backend authentication state machine. Possible
values are: Request, Response, Success, Fail, Timeout, Initialize and Idle.
Status
Displays whether the port is authorized or not.
VID
Displays the VLAN ID assigned by the authenticator to the supplicant device when the
related port is authorized. If the related port is unauthorized and there is a Guest VLAN
ID, the Guest VLAN ID will be displayed.
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