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The supplicant pae – Allied Telesis AT-S60 User Manual

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AT-S60 Management Software User’s Guide

Section III: Security Features

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The Authenticator PAE can be configured to request that the Supplicant
PAE reauthenticate itself at a configurable time period. See Figure 142.
During the process of reauthentication, the controlled port remains
authorized until reauthentication fails.

Figure 142 An Authenticator PAE

The Supplicant

PAE

The role of the Supplicant PAE is to communicate the credentials of the
supplicant to the Authenticator PAE when the Authenticator PAE
requests these credentials. The authentication message exchange
between the Supplicant PAE and the Authenticator PAE can be initiated
by the Supplicant PAE.

Physical Port

Controlled Port

Uncontrolled Port

Non-EAP PDUs

EAP PDUs

LAN

8021X3

MAC Enable/Disable