Web Management Guide-R03

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Chapter 12
| Security Measures
Configuring 802.1X Port Authentication
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remote authenticator (see “Configuring Port Supplicant Settings for 802.1X” on
page 330).
This switch can be configured to serve as the authenticator on selected ports
by setting the Control Mode to Auto on this configuration page, and as a
supplicant on other ports by the setting the control mode to Force-Authorized
on this page and enabling the PAE supplicant on the Supplicant configuration
page.
Parameters
These parameters are displayed:
PortPort number.
Status – Indicates if authentication is enabled or disabled on the port. The
status is disabled if the control mode is set to Force-Authorized.
Authorized – Displays the 802.1X authorization status of connected clients.
Ye s – Connected client is authorized.
N/A – Connected client is not authorized, or port is not connected.
Supplicant – Indicates the MAC address of a connected client.
Control Mode – Sets the authentication mode to one of the following options:
Auto – Requires a dot1x-aware client to be authorized by the
authentication server. Clients that are not dot1x-aware will be denied
access.
Force-Authorized – Forces the port to grant access to all clients, either
dot1x-aware or otherwise. (This is the default setting.)
Force-Unauthorized – Forces the port to deny access to all clients, either
dot1x-aware or otherwise.
Operation Mode – Allows single or multiple hosts (clients) to connect to an
802.1X-authorized port. (Default: Single-Host)
Single-Host Allows only a single host to connect to this port.
Multi-Host – Allows multiple host to connect to this port.
In this mode, only one host connected to a port needs to pass
authentication for all other hosts to be granted network access. Similarly, a
port can become unauthorized for all hosts if one attached host fails re-
authentication or sends an EAPOL logoff message.
MAC-Based Allows multiple hosts to connect to this port, with each host
needing to be authenticated.