LevelOne GTL-2691 - Manual (Page 386)

C HAPTER 13 | Security Measures
Configuring 802.1X Port Authentication
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◆ Control Mode – Sets the authentication mode to one of the following
options:
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Auto – Requires a dot1x-aware client to be authorized by the
authentication server. Clients that are not dot1x-aware will be
denied access.
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Force-Authorized – Forces the port to grant access to all clients,
either dot1x-aware or otherwise. (This is the default setting.)
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Force-Unauthorized – Forces the port to deny access to all
clients, either dot1x-aware or otherwise.
◆ Operation Mode – Allows single or multiple hosts (clients) to connect
to an 802.1X-authorized port. (Default: Single-Host)
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Single-Host – Allows only a single host to connect to this port.
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Multi-Host – Allows multiple host to connect to this port.
In this mode, only one host connected to a port needs to pass
authentication for all other hosts to be granted network access.
Similarly, a port can become unauthorized for all hosts if one
attached host fails re-authentication or sends an EAPOL logoff
message.
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MAC-Based – Allows multiple hosts to connect to this port, with
each host needing to be authenticated.
In this mode, each host connected to a port needs to pass
authentication. The number of hosts allowed access to a port
operating in this mode is limited only by the available space in the
secure address table (i.e., up to 1024 addresses).
◆ Max Count – The maximum number of hosts that can connect to a
port when the Multi-Host operation mode is selected. (Range: 1-1024;
Default: 5)
◆ Max Request – Sets the maximum number of times the switch port
will retransmit an EAP request packet to the client before it times out
the authentication session. (Range: 1-10; Default 2)
◆ Quiet Period – Sets the time that a switch port waits after the Max
Request Count has been exceeded before attempting to acquire a new
client. (Range: 1-65535 seconds; Default: 60 seconds)
◆ Tx Period – Sets the time period during an authentication session that
the switch waits before re-transmitting an EAP packet.
(Range: 1-65535; Default: 30 seconds)
◆ Supplicant Timeout – Sets the time that a switch port waits for a
response to an EAP request from a client before re-transmitting an EAP
packet. (Range: 1-65535; Default: 30 seconds)
This command attribute sets the timeout for EAP-request frames other
than EAP-request/identity frames. If dot1x authentication is enabled on