Allied Telesis AT-S63 - Manual (Page 358)

Chapter 23: 802.1x Port-based Network Access Control
358 Section VI: Port Security
The Authenticator Parameters page is shown in Figure 146.
Figure 146. Authenticator Parameters Page
6. Configure the following parameters as needed:
Authenticator Mode
Sets the authenticator mode of an authenticator port. This parameter
can take the following values:
 802.1x: Specifies 802.1x username and password authentication.
With this authentication method the supplicant must provide, either
manually or automatically, a username and password to the
authenticator port. This authentication method requires 802.1x
client software on the supplicant nodes.
 MAC Based: Specifies MAC address-based authentication. The
authenticator port extracts the source MAC address from the initial
frames received from a supplicant and automatically sends the
address as both the username and password of the supplicant to
the authentication server. Supplicant nodes do not need 802.1x
client software for this authentication method.