Chapter
3: Web Management
Security - Network - NAS (Network Access Server)
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For MAC-based ports, re-authentication is only useful if the RADIUS server configuration has
changed. It does not involve communication between the switch and the client, and therefore
doesn't imply that a client is still present on a port (see Aging Period below).
Re-authentication Period
Determines the period, in seconds, after which a connected client must be re-authenticated.
This is only active if the Re-authentication Enabled checkbox is checked. Valid values are in
the range 1 to 3600 seconds.
EAPOL Timeout
Determines the time for retransmission of Request Identity EAPOL frames.
Valid values are in the range 1 to 65535 seconds. This has no effect for MAC-based ports.
Aging Period
This setting applies to the following modes, i.e. modes using the Port Security functionality to
secure MAC addresses:
Single 802.1X
Multi 802.1X
MAC-Based Auth.
When the NAS module uses the Port Security module to secure MAC addresses, the Port
Security module needs to check for activity on the MAC address in question at regular
intervals and free resources if no activity is seen within a given period of time. This parameter
controls exactly this period and can be set to a number between 10 and 1000000 seconds.
If re-authentication is enabled and the port is in an 802.1X-based mode, this is not so critical,
since supplicants that are no longer attached to the port will get removed upon the next
re-authentication, which will fail. But if re-authentication is not enabled, the only way to free
resources is by aging the entries.
For ports in MAC-based Auth. mode, re-authentication doesn't cause direct communication
between the switch and the client, so this will not detect whether the client is still attached or
not, and the only way to free any resources is to age the entry.
Hold Time
This setting applies to the following modes, i.e. modes using the Port Security functionality to
secure MAC addresses:
Single 802.1X
Multi 802.1X
MAC-Based Auth.
If a client is denied access - either because the RADIUS server denies the client access or
because the RADIUS server request times out (according to the timeout specified on the