Specifications

802.1X

Management access will be checked against the authentication database stored on the

router. If an authentication RADIUS server is used, you must specify the secret key of the

Message-Authenticator attribute, i.e., Message Digest-5 (MD5), and the corresponding

parameters in the RADIUS Server Parameters field for the remote authentication protocol.

See the description of the 802.1x features below.

• General Parameters

Field Default Parameter Description

Enable 802.1X Yes Session Idle 300 seconds Timeout

Re-Authentication 3600 seconds Period

Quiet Period 60 seconds

Server Type RADIUS Starts using 802.1x security control.

Defines a maximum period of time for which the connection is maintained during inactivity.

Defines a maximum period of time for which the RADIUS server will dynamically re-assign a

session key to a connected client station.

Defines a maximum period of time for which the router will wait between failed authentications.

Selects the authentication server type.

• RADIUS Server Parameters

Field Default Description Parameter

Server IP 192.168.1.1 The IP address of the RADIUS server.