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User’s Manual of WGSW-2620HP

4.14.2 System Configuration

802.1x makes use of the physical access characteristics of IEEE802 LAN infrastructures in order to provide a means of

authenticating and authorizing devices attached to a LAN port that has point-to-point connection characteristics, and of

preventing access to that port in cases in which the authentication and authorization process fails.

To enable 802.1x, from System \ System Information \ Misc Config then you still to fill in the authentication server

information:

Figure 4-14-3:

System information \ Misc Configuration\ 802.1x Protocol Screenshot

After enabling the IEEE 802.1X function, you can configure the parameters of this function.

Figure 4-14-4:

802.1x System Configuration Interface Screenshot

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