Allied Telesis AT-S88 - Manual (Page 122)

Chapter 12: Security
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6. In the Quiet Period field, enter a number for the number of seconds
that the port remains in the quiet state following a failed authentication
exchange with the client. The default value is 60 seconds and the
range is 0 to 65,535 seconds.
7. In the Max Reauthentication Attempts field, enter a number for the
maximum number of times that the switch retransmits an EAP
Request packet to the client before it times out the authentication
session. The default value for this parameter is 2 retransmissions and
the range is 1 to 10 retransmissions.
8. Do one of the following:
ˆ Click OK to save the changes.
ˆ Click Reload to clear the changes and start over.
9. To permanently save these settings in the configuration file, from the
main menu, select Save Configuration.
The Save Configuration page is shown in Figure 3 on page 13.
10. Click Save.
Configuring the
Port Settings
To configure the ports for authentication, perform the following procedure:
1. From the main menu, select Security > Port Access Control.
The Port Access Control page is shown in Figure 36 on page 113.
2. In the Port List, select the port you want to configure, or scroll through
the list below.
The port is highlighted in the port list.
3. In the AuthMode list, select the type of authentication you want the
port to perform, one of the following:
Port-based
Only one host per port needs to be authenticated by a remote RADIUS
server or the local database. This option also supports multiple host
access and guest VLAN IDs.
MAC-based
Each host’s MAC address must be authenticated before gaining
access to the switch, up to a maximum of 256 hosts. If you choose this
setting, enable reauthentication in the bridge settings for the switch.
4. In the AuthCtrl list, select the type of authorization control, one of the
following: