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Configuring 802.1X Port Authentication
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Supplicant List
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Supplicant – MAC address of authorized client.
Authenticator PAE State Machine
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State – Current state (including initialize, disconnected, connecting, authenticating,
authenticated, aborting, held, force_authorized, force_unauthorized).
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Reauth Count – Number of times connecting state is re-entered.
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Current Identifier – Identifier sent in each EAP Success, Failure or Request packet by the
Authentication Server.
Backend State Machine
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State – Current state (including request, response, success, fail, timeout, idle, initialize).
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Request Count – Number of EAP Request packets sent to the Supplicant without receiving a
response.
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Identifier (Server) – Identifier carried in the most recent EAP Success, Failure or Request
packet received from the Authentication Server.
Reauthentication State Machine
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State – Current state (including initialize, reauthenticate).
Interface
To configure port authenticator settings for 802.1X:
1. Click Security, Port Authentication.
2. Select Configure Interface from the Step list.
3. Click Authenticator.
4. Modify the authentication settings for each port as required.
5. Click Apply