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24-Port and 48-Port Gigabit Ethernet PoE+ Smart Switches with 4 SFP Ports
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• Server Timeout. Specify the time that elapses before the switch resends a request to
the authentication server.
10. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
The following table describes the port authentication status information available on the
page.
Table 75. 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.
Authenticator P
AE State The current state of the authenticator PAE state machine. Possible values are as
follows:
Initialize
Disconnected
Connecting
Authenticating
Authenticated
Aborting
Held
ForceAuthorized
ForceUnauthorized
Backend State The current state of the backend authentication state machine. Possible values
are as follows:
Request
Response
Success
Fail
Timeout
Initialize
Idle
Initialize 802.1X on a port
To initialize 802.1X on a port:
1. Connect your computer to the same network as the switch.
You can use a WiFi or wired connection to connect your computer to the network, or
connect directly to a switch that is off-network using an Ethernet cable.