CLI Reference Guide

222 CHAPTER 5: CONFIGURING WX SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
Configuring Wired
Authentication
Ports
A wired authentication port is an Ethernet port that has 802.1X
authentication enabled for access control. Like wireless users, users that
are connected to the WX switch over Ethernet can be authenticated
before they can be authorized to use the network. However, data for
wired users is not encrypted after they are authenticated.
To configure wired authentication ports:
1 Do one of the following:
 Open the WX Switch wizard, then select Wired Authentication in the
organizer list of the System and Administrative page.
 In the Organizer panel, select Ports / MAPs under a WX switch, then
select Config > Edit. Click on Wired Authentication at the top of
the wizard.
2 To specify a port as a wired authentication port, select Wired Auth.
Enabled for the port.
To specify all the ports as wired authentication ports, select the Wired
Auth. Enabled checkbox in the upper left corner of the Setup area.
If the port is currently a MAP access port, you are prompted to choose
whether to reconfigure it.
3 Click in the Name column for a wired authentication port you enabled,
and type a name for it (1 to 16 alphanumeric characters, with no spaces
or tabs).
4 Click the 802.1X User Treatment column and choose an option:
 Force Authorized — Specifies that the controlled port is
unconditionally authorized. All 802.1X authentication attempts
respond with an EAP success message.
 Force Unauthorized — Specifies that the controlled port is
unconditionally unauthorized. All 802.1X authentication attempts
respond with an EAP failure message.
 Automatic — Specifies that the WX switch processes 802.1X
authentication normally using the authentication configuration. This is
the default value.
5 In the Maximum Sessions column, double-click, and type the maximum
number of sessions allowed (1 up to as many as you need). The default is
1.