Owner's Manual

GS700TPS Smart Switch Software Administration Manual
Managing Security 6-10
v1.0, June 2009
– None – Indicates no authentication method is used to authenticate the port.
• Guest VLAN – Select whether the Guest VLAN is enabled or disabled on the device. The
default VLAN cannot be defined as a Guest VLAN. The possible field values are:
– Disable – Disables the Guest VLAN on the device. This is the default value.
– Enable – Enables using a Guest VLAN for unauthorized ports. If a Guest VLAN is
enabled, the unauthorized port automatically joins the VLAN selected in the VLAN
List field.
• Guest VLAN ID – Select the guest VLAN ID from the list of currently defined VLANs.
• EAPOL Handling – Select the method of handling EAPOL (Extensible Authentication
Protocol Over LAN) packets when 802.1X authentication is disabled. The possible field
values are:
– Filtering – Indicates EAPOL packets are filtered.
– Flooding – Indicates EAPOL packets are flooded to all ports.
2. Select Disable or Enable for the Port Based Authentication State in the provided field.
3. If you selected Enable for the Port Based Authentication State, then select the
Authentication Method from the list in the provided field.
4. Select Disable or Enable for the Guest VLAN status in the provided field.
5. If you selected Enable for the Guest VLAN field, then select the VLAN ID from the list in the
provided field.
6. If you selected Disable for the Port Based Authentication State, select the EAPOL
Handling mode in the provided field.
7. Click APPLY to update the device.
Advanced
The Port Authentication Advanced menu contains the following options:
• “802.1X Configuration”
• “Port Authentication”
802.1X Configuration
The Advanced 802.1X Configuration screen allows network managers to configure network
authentication parameters. In addition, the Guest VLAN option is enabled from the Advanced
802.1X configuration screen.