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Managing Device Security
EdgeSwitch
™
Administration Guide
Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.
Port Access Control Port Details Fields (Continued)
Field
Description
Transmit Period
The value, in seconds, of the timer used by the authenticator state machine on the port to determine
when to send an EAPOL EAP Request/Identity frame to the supplicant.
Guest VLAN ID
The VLAN ID for the guest VLAN. The guest VLAN allows the port to provide a distinguished service to
unauthenticated users. This feature provides a mechanism to allow users access to hosts on the guest
VLAN.
Guest VLAN Period
The value, in seconds, of the timer used for guest VLAN authentication.
Unauthenticated VLAN ID
The VLAN ID of the unauthenticated VLAN. Hosts that fail the authentication might be denied
access to the network or placed on a VLAN created for unauthenticated clients. This VLAN might be
configured with limited network access.
Supplicant Timeout
The amount of time that the port waits for a response before retransmitting an EAP request frame to
the client.
Server Timeout
The amount of time the port waits for a response from the authentication server.
Maximum Requests
The maximum number of times that the port sends an EAP request frame (assuming that no response
is received) to the client before restarting the authentication process.
Configured MAB Mode
The configured MAC-based Authentication Bypass (MAB) mode on the port.
Operational MAB Mode
The operational MAC-based Authentication Bypass (MAB) mode on the port.
Re-Authentication Period
The amount of time that clients can be connected to the port without being reauthenticated. If this
field is disabled, connected clients are not forced to reauthenicate periodically.
Maximum Users
The maximum number of clients supported on the port if the Control Mode on the port is MAC-based
802.1X authentication.
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