Acer AB460 F1 User Manual

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4 Networking Switch Modules

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Port Control

This parameter specifies the control values of the
Authenticator Port. The control values can be:

Force Authorize

- All the traffic through this port will

be allowed always.

Force Unauthorize

- All the traffic through this port

will be blocked always.

Auto

- The 802.1x authentication process will be imposed

over this port.

Port Authorization
Status

This parameter specifies current status of the port
either as

Authorized

or

Un-Authorized

.

Authentication
Mode

This parameter specifies the configuration for selecting
the A

UTHENTICATION

M

ODE

to be

Port Based

.

Admin Control
Direction

This parameter specifies whether security is to be
imposed for

In

- the incoming traffic

Both

- both incoming and outgoing traffic

Operational
Control Direction

This parameter specifies the current security status.

Port Initialize

This parameter specifies the initialization control for
the port. Setting this value to

True

causes the port to

be initialized. The value reverts to

False

once

initialization is complete.

Maximum
Authentication
Request

This parameter specifies the maximum number of
authentication requests that can be sent from the
authenticator before getting a response from the
supplicant.

Reauthentication

This parameter provides configuration to enable or
disable the reauthentication mechanism on the port.

Parameter

Description

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