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Section VI: Port Security 229
Supplicant Mode
(continued) Multiple - Configures the port to accept up
to 20 authentications. Every client using
an authenticator port in this mode must
have a username and password.
Port Control The possible settings are:
Auto - Activates 802.1x port-based
authentication and causes the port to
begin in the unauthorized state, allowing
only EAPOL frames to be sent and
received through the port. The
authentication process begins when the
link state of the port changes or the port
receives an EAPOL-Start packet from a
supplicant. The switch requests the
identity of the client and begins relaying
authentication messages between the
client and the authentication server. This
is the default setting.
Force-authorized - Disables IEEE 802.1X
port-based authentication and causes the
port to transition to the authorized state
without any authentication exchange
required. The port transmits and receives
normal traffic without 802.1x-based
authentication of the client.
A supplicant connected to an
authenticator port set to force-authorized
must have 802.1x client software if the
port’s authenticator mode is 802.1x.
Though the force-authorized setting
prevents an authentication exchange, the
supplicant must still have the client
software to forward traffic through the
port.
Force-unauthorized - Causes the port to
remain in the unauthorized state, ignoring
all attempts by the client to authenticate.
Table 41. 802.1 Authenticator Port Parameters
Parameter Definition