Owner's Manual

GS700TPS Smart Switch Software Administration Manual
Managing Security 6-12
v1.0, June 2009
• 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.
Port Authentication
The Port Authentication screen enables configuring port authentication interface parameters.