LevelOne GTL-2691 User Manual
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Configuring 802.1X Port Authentication
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a port, the switch will initiate authentication when the port link state
comes up. It will send an EAP-request/identity frame to the client to
request its identity, followed by one or more requests for authentication
information. It may also send other EAP-request frames to the client
during an active connection as required for reauthentication.
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Server Timeout – Sets the time that a switch port waits for a response
to an EAP request from an authentication server before re-transmitting
an EAP packet. (Fixed Setting: 10 seconds)
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Re-authentication Status – Sets the client to be re-authenticated
after the interval specified by the Re-authentication Period. Re-
authentication can be used to detect if a new device is plugged into a
switch port. (Default: Disabled)
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Re-authentication Period – Sets the time period after which a
connected client must be re-authenticated. (Range: 1-65535 seconds;
Default: 3600 seconds)
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Re-authentication Max Retries – The maximum number of times the
switch port will retransmit an EAP request/identity packet to the client
before it times out the authentication session. (Range: 1-10;
Default: 2)
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Intrusion Action – Sets the port’s response to a failed authentication.
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Block Traffic – Blocks all non-EAP traffic on the port. (This is the
default setting.)
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Guest VLAN – All traffic for the port is assigned to a guest VLAN.
The guest VLAN must be separately configured (See
) and mapped on each port (See
"Configuring Network Access for Ports" on page 333
).
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.