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8-Port or 16-Port Gigabit Smart Managed Pro Switch Model GS418TPP, GS510TLP, and GS510TPP
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for unauthenticated clients. This VLAN might be configured with limited network
access.
• Periodic Reauthentication. Select Enable to allow periodic reauthentication of the
supplicant for the specified port.
• Reauthentication Period. Specify the time, in seconds, after which reauthentication
of the supplicant occurs.
The reauthentication period must be a value in the range of
1–65535.
The default value is 3600. If this field is disabled, connected clients are not
forced to reauthenticate periodically.
• Quiet Period. Specify the number of seconds that the port remains in the quiet state
following a failed authentication exchange. While in the quite state, the port does not
attempt to acquire a supplicant.
• Resending EAP. Specify the EAP retransmit period for the selected port.
The
transmit period is the value, in seconds, after which an EAPoL EAP Request/Identify
frame is resent to the supplicant.
• Max EAP Requests. Specify the maximum number of EAP requests for the selected
port. The value is the maximum number of times an EAPoL EAP Request/Identity
message is retransmitted before the supplicant times out.
•
Supplicant Timeout. Specify the supplicant time-out for the selected port. The
supplicant time-out is the value, in seconds, after which the supplicant times out.
•
Server Timeout. Specify the time that elapses before the switch resends a request to
the authentication server.
9. Click the Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
The following table describes the port authentication status information available on the
page.
Table 78. Port authentication status information
Field Description
Control Direction The control direction for the specified port, which is always Both. The control
direction dictates the degree to which protocol exchanges take place between
supplicant and authenticator.The unauthorized controlled port exerts control over
communication in both directions (disabling both incoming and outgoing frames).
Protocol V
ersion The protocol version associated with the selected port. The only possible value
is 1, corresponding to the first version of the 802.1X specification.
PAE Capabilities The port access entity (PAE) functionality of the selected port. Possible values
are
Authenticator or Supplicant.