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4.7.6 Multiple Hosts

The Multiple Hosts screen (see figure 4-33) allows network managers to configure advanced port-based authentication settings

for specific ports and VLANs.

Figure 4-33

Multiple Hosts screen

The Page contains the following fields:

• Port

Displays the port number for which advanced port-based authentication is enabled.

• Enable Multiple

Hosts

When checked, indicates that multiple hosts are enabled. Multiple hosts must be
enabled in order to either disable the ingress-filter, or to use port-lock security on
the selected port.

• Action on Violation This defines the action to be applied to packets arriving in single-host mode, from a

host whose MAC address is not the supplicant MAC address. The possible field
values are:

• Discard, which discards the packets. This is the default value.

• Forward, by which forwards the packet.

• Discard Disable, discards the packets and shuts down the port. The ports

remains shut down until reactivated, or until the device is reset.

• Enable Traps

When checked, indicates that traps are enabled for Multiple Hosts

• Trap Frequency

Defines the time period by which traps are sent to the host. The Trap Frequency
(1-1000000) field can be defined only if multiple hosts are disabled.

The default is 10 seconds.

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