Web Management Guide-R02

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Chapter 12
| Security Measures
Configuring 802.1X Port Authentication
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Figure 223: Configuring Interface Settings for 802.1X Port Authenticator
Configuring
Port Supplicant
Settings for 802.1X
Use the Security > Port Authentication (Configure Interface – Supplicant) page to
configure 802.1X port settings for supplicant requests issued from a port to an
authenticator on another device. When 802.1X is enabled and the control mode is
set to Force-Authorized (see Configuring Port Authenticator Settings for 802.1X”
on page 351), you need to configure the parameters for the client supplicant
process if the client must be authenticated through another device in the network.
Command Usage
When devices attached to a port must submit requests to another
authenticator on the network, configure the Identity Profile parameters on the
Configure Global page (see Configuring 802.1X Global Settings” on page 350)
which identify this switch as a supplicant, and configure the supplicant
parameters for those ports which must authenticate clients through the
remote authenticator on this configuration page. When PAE supplicant mode is
enabled on a port, it will not respond to dot1x messages meant for an
authenticator.
This switch can be configured to serve as the authenticator on selected ports
by setting the Control Mode to Auto on the Authenticator configuration page,
and as a supplicant on other ports by the setting the control mode to Force-
Authorized on that configuration page and enabling the PAE supplicant on the
Supplicant configuration page.