TGPS-9164GT-M12 Series User
Manual
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supplicant software to authenticate. The advantage of
MAC-based authentication over 802.1X-based authentication is
that the clients do not need special supplicant software to
authenticate. The disadvantage is that MAC addresses can be
spoofed by malicious users - equipment whose MAC address is a
valid RADIUS user can be used by anyone. Also, only the
MD5-Challenge method is supported. The maximum number of
clients that can be attached to a port can be limited using the Port
Security Limit Control functionality.
Port State
The current state of the port. It can undertake one of the following
values:
Globally Disabled
: NAS is globally disabled.
Link Down
: NAS is globally enabled, but there is no link on the
port.
Authorized
: the port is in Force Authorized or a single-supplicant
mode and the supplicant is authorized.
Unauthorized:
the port is in Force Unauthorized or a
single-supplicant mode and the supplicant is not successfully
authorized by the RADIUS server.
X Auth/Y Unauth
: the port is in a multi-supplicant mode.
Currently X clients are authorized and Y are unauthorized.
Restart
Two buttons are available for each row. The buttons are only
enabled when authentication is globally enabled and the port's
Admin State is in an EAPOL-based or MAC-based mode.
Clicking these buttons will not cause settings changed on the
page to take effect.
Reauthenticate
: schedules a reauthentication whenever the
quiet-period of the port runs out (EAPOL-based authentication).
For MAC-based authentication, reauthentication will be attempted
immediately.
The button only has effect on successfully authenticated clients
on the port and will not cause the clients to be temporarily
unauthorized.
Reinitialize
: forces a reinitialization of the clients on the port and
hence a reauthentication immediately. The clients will transfer to
the unauthorized state while the reauthentication is in progress.
