Allied Telesis AT-S62 User Manual
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Chapter 31: 802.1x Port-based Network Access Control Commands
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Section VI: Port Security
and the authentication server. 
Each client that attempts to 
access the network is uniquely 
identified by the switch by 
using the client's MAC 
address. This is the default 
setting.
authorised or
Disables 802.1X port-based
forceauthenticate
authentication and causes the
port to transition to the 
authorized state without any 
authentication exchange 
required. The port transmits 
and receives normal traffic 
without 802.1X-based 
authentication of the client. The 
parameters are equivalent.
unauthorised or
Causes the port to remain in
forceunauthenticate
the unauthorized state,
ignoring all attempts by the 
client to authenticate. The 
switch cannot provide 
authentication services to the 
client through the interface. 
The parameters are equivalent.
quietperiod
Sets the number of seconds that the switch remains in 
the quiet state following a failed authentication 
exchange with the client. The default value is 60 
seconds. The range is 0 to 65,535 seconds.
txperiod
Sets the number of seconds that the switch waits for a
response to an EAP-request/identity frame from the 
client before retransmitting the request. The default 
value is 30 seconds. The range is 1 to 65,535 seconds.
reauthenabled
Controls whether the client must periodically 
reauthenticate. The options are:
enabled
Specifies that the client must periodically 
reauthenticate. This is the default 
setting. The time period between 
reauthentications is set with the 
reauthperiod parameter.
disabled
Specifies that reauthentication by the 
client is not required after the initial 
authentication. Reauthentication is only 
required if there is a change to the status 
