Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 404)

Chapter 25: 802.1x Port-based Network Access Control
404 Section VI: Port Security
The Authenticator Parameters page is shown in Figure 162.
Figure 162. Authenticator Parameters Page
6. Configure the following parameters as needed:
Authenticator Mode
This parameter can take the following values on an authenticator port:
ˆ 802.1x: Specifies 802.1x username and password authentication.
With this authentication method the supplicant must provide, either
manually or automatically, a username and password to the
authenticator port. This authentication method requires 802.1x
client software on the supplicant nodes.
ˆ MAC Based: Specifies MAC address-based authentication. The
authenticator port extracts the source MAC address from the initial
frames received from a supplicant and automatically sends the
address as both the username and password of the supplicant to
the authentication server. Supplicant nodes must have 802.1x
client software for this authentication method.