Web Management Guide-R06

Chapter 12 | Security Measures
Configuring 802.1X Port Authentication
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Guest VLAN – All traffic for the port is assigned to a guest VLAN. The guest
VLAN must be separately configured (See “Configuring VLAN Groups” on
page 170) and mapped on each port (See “Configuring Network Access
for Ports” on page 310).
Supplicant List
◆ Supplicant – MAC address of authorized client.
Authenticator PAE State Machine
◆ State – Current state (including initialize, disconnected, connecting,
authenticating, authenticated, aborting, held, force_authorized,
force_unauthorized).
◆ Reauth Count – Number of times connecting state is re-entered.
◆ Current Identifier – Identifier sent in each EAP Success, Failure or Request
packet by the Authentication Server.
Backend State Machine
◆ State – Current state (including request, response, success, fail, timeout, idle,
initialize).
◆ Request Count – Number of EAP Request packets sent to the Supplicant
without receiving a response.
◆ Identifier (Server) – Identifier carried in the most recent EAP Success, Failure or
Request packet received from the Authentication Server.
Reauthentication State Machine
◆ State – Current state (including initialize, reauthenticate).
Web Interface
To configure port authenticator settings for 802.1X:
1. Click Security, Port Authentication.
2. Select Configure Interface from the Step list.
3. Click Authenticator.
4. Modify the authentication settings for each port as required.
5. Click Apply