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Choose the menu Network Security→802.1X→Global Config to load the following page.
Figure 13-23 Global Config
The following entries are displayed on this screen:

Global Config
802.1X:
Enable/Disable the 802.1X function.
Auth Method:
Select the Authentication Method from the pull-down
list.
• EAP-MD5:
IEEE 802.1X authentication system
uses extensible authentication protocol (EAP) to
exchange information between the switch and the
client. The EAP protocol packets with
authentication data can be encapsulated in the
advanced protocol (such as RADIUS) packets to
be transmitted to the authentication server.
• PAP: IEEE 802.1X authentication system uses
extensible authentication protocol (EAP) to
exchange information between the switch and the
client. The
transmission of EAP packets is
terminated at the switch and the EAP packets are
converted to the other protocol (such as RADIUS)
packets for transmission.
Guest VLAN:
Enable/Disable the Guest VLAN feature.
Guest VLAN ID:
Enter your desired VLAN ID to enable the Guest VLAN
feature. The supplicants in the Guest VLAN can access
the specified network source.
Accounting:
Enable/Disable the 802.1X accounting feature.