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10. When the supplicant issue an EAP-Logoff message to

Authentication server, the port you are using is set to be
unauthorized..

The 802.1X “Enabled” is the type of authentication supported in the switch. In

this mode, for the devices connected to this port, once a supplicant is authorized,
the devices connected to this port can access the network resource through this
port.

802.1x Port-based Network Access Control function supported by the switch

is a little bit more complex, for it just supports basic “Enabled” mode, which can
distinguish the device’s MAC address and its VID. The following table is the
summary of the combination of the authentication status and the port status versus
the status of port mode, set in 802.1x Port mode, port control state, set in 802.1x
port setting. Here Entry Authorized means MAC entry is authorized.

Port Mode

Port Control

Authentication

Port Status

Disable

Don’t Care

Don’t Care

Port Uncontrolled

Enabled Auto

Successful Port

Authorized

Enabled Auto

Failure

Port

Unauthorized

Enabled

ForceUnauthorized

Don’t Care

Port Unauthorized

Enabled ForceAuthorized Don’t

Care Port

Authorized

Function name:

802.1X Configuration

Function description:

This function is used to configure the global parameters for RADIUS
authentication in 802.1x port security application. Parameter description: